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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what will they use the harpooned creature?
(a) Bait to catch more fish.
(b) To sell at the next port for fresh fruit.
(c) To stuff as a trophy on the outer bulkhead.
(d) A wedding dinner for Oakes and Clarissa.

2. What does Aubrey decide about Oakes and Clarissa?
(a) They will be put in a small boat with provisions.
(b) They will be hanged.
(c) They will not be put ashore at this time.
(d) They will be put in the brig in separate cells.

3. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?
(a) China.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Norfolk Island.
(d) India.

4. What is closed?
(a) Norfolk Island.
(b) The eastern African shore.
(c) Easter Island.
(d) Tahiti.

5. What is causing contention among the ship's officers?
(a) How the prize money is being divided.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) One of them has accused another of cheating at cards.
(d) One of them has accused another of cheating at dice.

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

7. What does the Éclair want with the Surprise?
(a) To bring a new commander and take Aubrey to his new ship assignment.
(b) To deliver mail and new orders.
(c) To deliver several new crew members.
(d) To search for stowaways.

8. What does Maturin start having about Clarissa?
(a) Premonitions.
(b) Misgivings.
(c) Erotic dreams.
(d) Concerns about her health.

9. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?
(a) Climbs to the monkey's nest.
(b) Goes swimming.
(c) Has Oakes given 20 lashes and Clarrisa Harville given 3 lashes.
(d) Has Oakes lashed.

10. Who is pursuing the Surprise?
(a) A French man-of-war.
(b) A British cutter.
(c) An American man-of-war.
(d) An American privateer.

11. What does Aubrey order regarding pursuit?
(a) To turn around and ram it.
(b) To ignore it.
(c) To shoot a warning shot across the other ship's bow.
(d) To heave to.

12. What does the crew catch?
(a) A dolphin.
(b) A small grey whale.
(c) A swordfish.
(d) A great white shark.

13. What vessel is closing on Surprise?
(a) The HMS Shamrock.
(b) The HMS Éclair.
(c) The HMS Leopard.
(d) The HMS Java.

14. What do Aubrey and the scout seem to have?
(a) A good friendship.
(b) A private understanding.
(c) Similar ways of doing things.
(d) A barely-concealed animosity.

15. What does Maturin hope to do some day?
(a) Have a large enough vessel to sail around the world.
(b) Find a native wife at one of the tropical islands.
(c) Visit both places his patients have been.
(d) Study the fauna at the Galapagos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who harpoons the creature?

2. To what does the man admit?

3. Who starts visiting Maturin?

4. How does Aubrey react to his discovery?

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

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