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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin's group detour to see?
(a) A rare species of indigent deerlike creatures.
(b) A tribe heretofore never known about.
(c) An alpine lake.
(d) A new species of gorilla.

2. What makes Pullings pay closer attention to some men in a small boat?
(a) Hearing a friend's name being called.
(b) Hearing English profanity.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Seeing a woman among them.

3. What happens to Martin when the Surprise comes into port?
(a) He is put on a ship bound for England.
(b) Nothing happens to him.
(c) He stays on the ship.
(d) He stays in South America.

4. What does Maturin want from the local people with whom he speaks?
(a) To help him find his mother.
(b) To favor a rebellion.
(c) To sell him a coca farm.
(d) To find him a good supply of poppy seeds.

5. What happens to Surprise and Franklin as they search for their next prize ship?
(a) They run into each other.
(b) They are separated.
(c) Nothing happens to them.
(d) They ram the prize ship accidentally.

6. Who will be out of town during the proposed uprising?
(a) The Viceroy.
(b) Sam Panda.
(c) Mayor Phillip.
(d) General Hurtado.

7. What is one of the possibly permanent problems Martin has physically?
(a) Vertigo.
(b) Weak left hand.
(c) Muscle spasms.
(d) None.

8. What condition seems to be covering Martin's skin?
(a) Small pox.
(b) Boils.
(c) Measles.
(d) Salt lesions.

9. How does the man from question #94 feel about Aubrey?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He is impressed with him.
(c) He has heard some negative things about Aubrey.
(d) He is indifferent to Aubrey.

10. What does Aubrey do with the ship they have captured from question #91?
(a) Tows it behind the Franklin.
(b) Takes off the crew and sinks it.
(c) Sent to port to be condemned as a prize.
(d) Sends it away with no terms.

11. Where does Maturin go when he ascends into the Andes the first time?
(a) A Benedictine Monastery.
(b) A convent.
(c) The home of a powerful landowner.
(d) A coca farm.

12. How long has Aubrey been out on the open waters in a small boat?
(a) 3 days.
(b) Almost a month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

13. What does Maturin do while Surprise and Franklin are in port?
(a) Collects bird specimens.
(b) Nurses the injured men.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Goes ashore.

14. What is the ship (s) like that are nearby?
(a) Mostly merchant ships.
(b) Mostly second class.
(c) Small communication ships.
(d) Large and dangerous.

15. What do Maturin and Gayongos discuss?
(a) A wide variety of options.
(b) Which letters should be sent out.
(c) Who needs to be assassinated.
(d) Where the best farms are located.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Eduardo?

2. What relation is Sam Panda to Aubrey?

3. What type of cargo is the ship in question #91 carrying?

4. Why is the American from question #94 not guilty of treason?

5. How does Maturin feel about the possible success of the rebellion?

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