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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Clarissa meet William Oakes?
(a) She knew him as Edward's friend.
(b) She meets him at her trial.
(c) At a penal colony near Port Jackson.
(d) At the place where she worked before transport to Australia.

2. Why does Clarissa secure a good position when she is put on the streets after Edward's death?
(a) She has a lot of nice clothes.
(b) She is well educated.
(c) She is a real beauty.
(d) She is experienced.

3. What does Clarissa elicit from the men?
(a) A promise to be joint godfather to her and Oakes' child.
(b) Hostile comments.
(c) Stories of sea experiences.
(d) The promise that they will protect her with their lives.

4. How does narration characterize the wedding dinner?
(a) A wonderfully entertaining evening.
(b) Not a complete catastrophe.
(c) An evening of alternating rancor and delight.
(d) An absolute catastrophe.

5. What does Reade do?
(a) Falls off the flying bridge.
(b) Falls off the topsail rigging.
(c) Falls overboard.
(d) Falls and lands on a marlinspike.

6. What do the officers hold for Oakes and Clarissa?
(a) An honor walk under crossed swords.
(b) A wedding feast.
(c) Nothing; there is too much jealousy.
(d) A wedding present of cash.

7. What is the name of the good harbor on Moahu?
(a) Swali.
(b) Pukukua.
(c) Moakula.
(d) Pabay.

8. What infuriates Aubrey about the problems Davidge and West have?
(a) That the two men let them personal lives interfere with their professional lives.
(b) That they should not have tried to repair the main mast with no experience at such things.
(c) That they both ignore instructions.
(d) That they both are late getting back to the Surprise.

9. Why is Surprise put into tip-top shape?
(a) For a celebration.
(b) For hosting a conference of several British ship commanders.
(c) For arrival at their next port.
(d) For an inspection by the admiral of the 3rd fleet.

10. What does Clarissa relate in a monotone?
(a) A poem she wrote.
(b) A recipe for keeping the bugs off a person.
(c) Her life's story.
(d) The initiation rites of a group to which she used to belong.

11. What is Clarissa's position when she first begins working?
(a) Maid.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Cook.
(d) Bookkeeper.

12. What does Aubrey learn about Moahu from a local sailor?
(a) It is rampant with malaria.
(b) It has armed its people.
(c) It is friendly to the French.
(d) Much information.

13. What does Clarissa think of Annamooka?
(a) She finds it captivating.
(b) She finds it backward and dirty.
(c) She find the way they treat woman despicable.
(d) She cannot understand the native culture and thus feels uncomfortable.

14. To what is Clarissa's sentence of death commuted?
(a) A pardon when her innocence is proven.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Life in prison.

15. To what does Clarissa give rapt attention?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Everything going on on the island.
(c) Davidge.
(d) Puolani.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drinks himself under the table?

2. Why has Martin avoided Clarissa?

3. Approximately when was Clarissa born?

4. Who are Wray and Ledward?

5. What is wrong with the duke who is mentioned by Clarissa?

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