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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. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?
(a) The ropes.
(b) The cable tiers.
(c) The galley.
(d) The rigging.

2. Who does Aubrey send out to scout?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Bonden.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Oakes.

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

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

5. What does Aubrey realize?
(a) The dead crew member just signed on at the last port.
(b) That he has found the source of the crew's apparent high morale.
(c) That the ship must not have been thoroughly checked for rats at the last port.
(d) That the contraband whiskey must have come aboard at the last port call.

Short Answer Questions

1. What positions do Davidge and West hold on the Surprise?

2. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?

3. To what does the man admit?

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

5. What British interests or laws are being threatened?

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