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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What British interests or laws are being threatened?
(a) The monopoly on coffee.
(b) The rum import tariff.
(c) The slave trade act of 1807.
(d) Fur-trading.

2. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?
(a) Tom Pullings.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Midshipman William Oakes.
(d) Maturin.

3. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?
(a) Being at sea he is his own boss.
(b) It is simpler.
(c) It is more exciting.
(d) It is more complicated.

4. What port do they depart at the opening of the story?
(a) Port Jackson.
(b) Haifa.
(c) Luxumborg.
(d) Port au Prince.

5. In what does Maturin become involved?
(a) A dispute about medical treatment.
(b) An epidemic.
(c) A study of the local flora and fauna.
(d) A dispute of honor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who owns the vessel?

3. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?

4. What vessel is closing on Surprise?

5. What does Aubrey realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Clarissa dressed for the ceremony and who performs the ceremony to marry Oakes and Clarissa?

2. What seems to be some of the officers' responses to Clarissa?

3. How does Aubrey treat the crew during the voyage to Moahu?

4. What happens after the victory by Aubrey's men and Puloani?

5. How does Aubrey ready his crew for battle and what is Clarissa's reaction to this?

6. How do Aubrey and Maturin pass the next few days while at sea?

7. What does Aubrey discover when he and Pullings are below and what is Aubrey's response?

8. What do the officers do on the same evening as the crew's celebration, and what do Aubrey and Maturin notice?

9. Why are Aubrey and Pullings going below?

10. What and how does Aubrey learn about Moahu?

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