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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. In what condition is Martin when Maturin checks on him later?
(a) He is breathing very quickly.
(b) Feeling better.
(c) Almost comatose.
(d) Dead.

2. What kind of news does the Englishman give Aubrey?
(a) There is a French privateer nearby.
(b) The Spanish western Amanda is close.
(c) There is an American privateer nearby.
(d) The Spanish have four battleships in a blockade of Peru.

3. What is Maturin told about Vidal and Dutrourd?
(a) That Vidal is angry at Duroud.
(b) That Vidal and Dutourd are no longer friends.
(c) That Vidal plans to jump ship with Dutourd.
(d) That Vidal is becoming very attached to Dutroud.

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

5. What is Gayongos entrusted with by the British Naval Intelligence?
(a) Assassination assignments.
(b) Letters to various country leaders.
(c) Funds and information.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey decide to do from the Franklin?

2. How long has Aubrey been out on the open waters in a small boat?

3. How much information does the Englishman have on the ship Aubrey wants to capture?

4. Where has Maturin gone?

5. What is the end result for Maturin at the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are two of the main figures in the planned rebellion and how do they stand on the issue?

2. Why does Aubrey go out to sea in Franklin, what does he encounter and what does he discover?

3. What happens to Aubrey as they take the French ship?

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

5. What is done at the meeting for the rebellion?

6. How does Aubrey fool the whaler?

7. What does Aubrey attempt to do to correct what he found out about Dutourd?

8. What does Shelton volunteer for and what does he tell Aubrey?

9. How does Maturin react physically and intellectually to the mountains?

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

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