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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey consider the owner of the Franklin to be on Surprise?
(a) Another sailor.
(b) An esteemed guest.
(c) A freeman.
(d) A prisoner.

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

3. Of what does Vidal complain to Maturin?
(a) Salt sores.
(b) Dutourd's speeches.
(c) Being on the Franklin.
(d) Not getting enough pain killers.

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

5. What injures some crew members at the end of Chapter 1?`
(a) Cannon shot from Franklin.
(b) A wave that fell on the deck.
(c) Peculiar mortar fire.
(d) A loose spar sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maturin fear being recognized by the owner of the Franklin?

2. What does a shot from Franklin do to Surprise?

3. What seems to happen to the water below the ship?

4. How are the winds behaving by the end of Chapter 1?

5. From what town do many of the Surprise's old hands come?

(see the answer key)

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