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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin think happened between the woman and Martin?
(a) They became enemies.
(b) He doesn't think anything happened between them.
(c) They became good friends.
(d) They had some sort of sexual relationship.

2. To whom does Maturin write a lengthy letter?
(a) His mother.
(b) Sir Joseph, his handler.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife, Diana.

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

4. What does everyone at the dinner table oppose no matter their other beliefs?
(a) Allowing women to own property.
(b) Slavery.
(c) High taxes.
(d) War.

5. Why does Aubrey promote two men from the forecastle in Chapter 1?
(a) He likes both of the men.
(b) To replace losses.
(c) They saved the ship.
(d) He had to leave some crew ashore.

6. How does Franklin compare to Surprise in size?
(a) It is smaller but very heavy due to its guns.
(b) It is larger but lighter.
(c) It is smaller and lighter.
(d) It is larger and heavier.

7. What does Surprise's crew do about the two ships?
(a) Surprise's crew doesn't do anything to Franklin.
(b) Salvages what is usable off Franklin for Surprise.
(c) Works to repair both of them.
(d) Lashes the two ships together.

8. Who takes over command of Franklin?
(a) West.
(b) Pullings.
(c) Norton.
(d) Grainger.

9. With what is Franklin armed?
(a) Carronades taken from Surprise's ballast.
(b) It has no armament.
(c) It has five eight pound cannon.
(d) It has two sixteen pounders, one in front, one in back.

10. What is the worst situation on Franklin?
(a) All the sails have holes in them from the ash.
(b) There is a large hole below the waterline.
(c) Main mast is gone.
(d) No fresh water.

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

12. How did the woman aboard the ship deal with the sexual advances of the men?
(a) She would accept money for sexual favors.
(b) She had any man who try anything to be reprimanded by the captain.
(c) She didn't refuse them.
(d) She claimed rape on three different occasions.

13. How is the barometer reacting to conditions?
(a) Going up and down.
(b) Falling rapidly.
(c) Rising rapidly.
(d) Holding steady.

14. How are the winds behaving by the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Calm.
(b) Shifty.
(c) They are coming from all four directions.
(d) Strong, steady wind.

15. 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 was trying to protect her.
(d) He knew her through his sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of philosophy does the owner of the Franklin espouse?

3. How long does it take for West to recover from his injury?

4. In what did Martin show an interest after the woman left the ship?

5. What does Surprise find out is the source of what was thought to be mortar fire?

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