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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What outrages Sarah and Emily?
(a) That Clarissa gets to go ashore but they do not.
(b) That they have to wear clothes on the island.
(c) That the butcher refuses to properly feed the animals brought on board.
(d) That Aubrey is contemplating leaving them in the care of the local missionaries.

2. What do Oakes, West and Davidge demonstrate?
(a) That they wish to not be there.
(b) That they are upset.
(c) That they are happy.
(d) That they are confused.

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

4. 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 experienced.
(c) She is well educated.
(d) She is a real beauty.

5. To what does Edward's problem eventually lead?
(a) A horrible death.
(b) He is confined in an asylum for the mentally ill.
(c) Allowing creditors sexual favors with his two young female charges.
(d) He eventually kills someone during a violent episode and is hanged.

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

7. Who speaks freely?
(a) Aubrey and Clarissa.
(b) Only Clarissa.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Only Aubrey.

8. To whom does Aubrey transfer care of the livestock in question?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Jemmy Ducks.

9. What does Maturin discover when he goes to see Clarissa?
(a) She has morningsickness.
(b) She has scurvy.
(c) She is seasick.
(d) She has been beaten.

10. In what sort of activities does Clarissa engage in with her cousin, Edward?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Religious.
(c) Sporting.
(d) Business.

11. Upon whose behalf do Maturin and Aubrey think they must intervene?
(a) Kalahua.
(b) Puolani.
(c) Dutourd.
(d) Maliwau.

12. What is taking up Aubrey's time in Annamooka?
(a) Formal dinners.
(b) Writing letters with instructions to his lawyer and accountant.
(c) Planning a way to get around the French blockade.
(d) Supervising the retrofitting of the Surprise with some 32 pounders.

13. Who does not appear at breakfast for several days?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Oakes.
(d) Clarissa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey plan while at Annamooka?

2. Why has Martin avoided Clarissa?

3. What is the Franklin?

4. Where does Clarissa meet William Oakes?

5. What sort of reception does the Surprise receive?

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