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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 does Pullings report to Aubrey?
(a) That Surpise is still awaiting critical repairs.
(b) That Surprise is fully refitted and ready for sea duty.
(c) That many of Surprise's crew were drafted by other English ships.
(d) That Surprise's stores spoiled in the topical heat.

2. Who hails Pullings?
(a) A boat of apparently drunken men.
(b) His first mate.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) His brother-in-law.

3. What happens to Aubrey during the taking of the prize ship?
(a) He is shot in the foot.
(b) He is shot in the head and stabbed in the thigh.
(c) He cracks two ribs and cuts his arm.
(d) He breaks his leg.

4. What type of work does Sam Panda do?
(a) He is a carpenter.
(b) He is a politician.
(c) He is a fisherman.
(d) He is a priest.

5. What does Aubrey do with Alastor?
(a) It is sold.
(b) It is donated to the Peruvian Navy.
(c) It is sent to England.
(d) It is sunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does General Hurtado feel about independence?

2. What does Maturin request of Aubrey in port?

3. How does Surprise steer her way to the Franklin?

4. What condition seems to be covering Martin's skin?

5. What does Aubrey do with the ship they have captured from question #91?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pullings see and hear as he puts out to sea in Surprise?

2. Where does Maturin go when he leaves Callao the first time and who does he meet? Why is he going there?

3. What does Sam Panda have to say when he comes aboard the Surprise?

4. What does Aubrey hope to find as they sail to Peru and how does he find it?

5. How does Aubrey fool the whaler?

6. What happens to Martin as Surprise is pursuing the French ship and what does Maturin do with his assistant?

7. With whom does Maturin meet and why?

8. What shape is Maturin in after the storm and how does he make it out of the mountains?

9. What does Gayongos say about Dutourd when he arrives for the meeting?

10. Who does Maturin write about his mission and what does he tell him?

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