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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had smuggled a woman aboard the Surprise a few months previous?
(a) Martin.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) A midshipman.
(d) One of the officers.

2. What is happening between Martin and Maturin?
(a) They have become lovers.
(b) They are having minor difficulties with each other.
(c) They have become sworn enemies.
(d) Nothing is happening between them.

3. Why did Martin spend a lot of time with the woman?
(a) He didn't have a time consuming job on the ship.
(b) He was a surgeon's mate and a reverend.
(c) He knew her through his sister.
(d) He was trying to protect her.

4. What does Surprise find out is the source of what was thought to be mortar fire?
(a) Cannon fire from a Spanish galleon.
(b) Firebombs from a volcano.
(c) Fireworks from an island.
(d) A group of meteorites.

5. What is the name of the woman who was hidden on the ship?
(a) Priscilla Newton.
(b) Maria de la Guierrilo.
(c) Victoria Rawlings.
(d) Clarissa Harvil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the crew members of the Franklin acquired skin lesions?

2. What nationality is the Franklin?

3. How has Franklin's crew weathered the volcanic eruption?

4. What floats around Surprise in the ocean?

5. How does the crew feel about the conditions around Surprise?

(see the answer key)

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