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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can they not visit the island that Maturin had hoped to see?
(a) The wind is not good.
(b) Narration does not say why.
(c) There is a hostile takeover by the French there.
(d) The natives do not allow it.

2. What island does Maturin hope to visit?
(a) Wahila.
(b) Fuji.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Tahiti.

3. What does Aubrey note among the crew?
(a) Despondency.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Much merriment and amusement.

4. What is Aubrey intending to do?
(a) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Tahiti.
(b) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Norfolk Island.
(c) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on Easter Island.
(d) Marooning Oakes and Clarissa on the Eastern coast of Africa.

5. How does Aubrey react to his discovery?
(a) Indignant.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nonplussed.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey discover about his land holdings?

2. What is Aubrey doing as he is standing on the quarterdeck?

3. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?

4. What will happen if Oakes marries Clarissa?

5. What does Aubrey host as the Surprise heads for its new assignment?

(see the answer key)

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