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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. After breakfast in Chapter 3, Stephen goes to the coach house to talk with whom?
(a) Padeen Colman.
(b) Jack Aubrey.
(c) Diana Maturin.
(d) Bondon.

2. What is the committee's vote for inclosure in Chapter 3?
(a) Elected.
(b) In favor.
(c) Rejection.
(d) Stalemate.

3. Who is the head of Intelligence at the Admiralty?
(a) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(b) Captain William Fanshawe.
(c) Admiral Stranraer.
(d) Captain Griffiths.

4. Who is the schoolmaster on the Bellona?
(a) Mr. Miller.
(b) Mr. Whewell.
(c) Mr. Callaghan.
(d) Mr. Walkinshaw.

5. Who scores a knockout in the boxing fight in Chapter 3?
(a) Evans.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Dundas.
(d) Bonden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 3, Sophie gives Jack the orders packet and he says he and Stephen will leave for where the next day?

2. Who does Stephen ask to hear stories about from the officers?

3. Who do the women send to tell Jack Aubrey not to return home in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 3, Stephen suggests that who sent orders for them to return to their ship so Jack would purposely miss the meeting?

5. What is the name of Stephen Maturin's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Jack Aubrey and his wife when the author first reveals them in the novel? What is their financial situation like?

2. What does Diana reveal to Stephen about their finances in Chapter 8? What is Stephen's response?

3. What news does Stephen learn from Diana upon returning home in Chapter 8?

4. Who dies in Chapter 5? How?

5. What ship does the Bellona encounter in the beginning of Chapter 6? Where?

6. What does Stephen reveal to Jack about his position in the Navy in Chapter 8?

7. What is holding the Bellona back from heading in to harbor on the fifth day at sea in Chapter 5?

8. What news does Captain Fanshawe reveal to Jack in the end of Chapter 6? What reprimand does Jack receive?

9. What similarities do Jack and Stephen share? How are these revealed in Chapter 2?

10. What discussion arises of Mr. Inigo Bernard in Chapter 5? Where does Stephen go in the end of the chapter?

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