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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. Where do Jack and Stephen stop on their way home after the committee meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) A pub.
(b) The post office.
(c) The store.
(d) The library.

2. Stephen and Jack make plans to carry who home after the boxing match?
(a) Colman.
(b) Geoghegan.
(c) Dundas.
(d) Bondon.

3. With whom had Dr. Stephen Maturin and his wife taken part in an expedition in Chapter 1?
(a) Lord Stranraer.
(b) Stephen Maturin.
(c) The Duke of Habachtsthal.
(d) Sir Joseph Blaine.

4. What sport does Stephen go to talk about in the coach house in Chapter 3?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Polo.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Fishing.

5. What area located in England is where the Aubreys live?
(a) Dorset.
(b) Williamshire.
(c) Dover.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of Jack's wealthy neighbors plan to enclose the common land of what?

2. Jack serves in what capacity over the manor of his estate?

3. The Bellona reaches its destination in what conditions in Chapter 5?

4. Stephen is relieved at what due to the great number of men in sick bay in Chapter 5?

5. The man who gives Jack and Stephen directions for an inn in Chapter 4 notes that it is not good for a man in what to be recognized?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stephen and Philip Aubrey discuss during their travels in Chapter 8?

2. What does the schoolmaster teach his students on board the Bellona in Chapter 6? Why?

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

4. What news does Jack receive from Lord Keith upon arriving in Funchal in Chapter 10? What are his orders?

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

6. What news of battle does Captain Reade reveal in Chapter 9?

7. What takes place after Admiral Stranraer's arrival in Chapter 9?

8. What stories does Stephen ask to hear of from the officers in Chapter 5? What does this say of his nature?

9. What is revealed of the end of the war in Chapter 9?

10. What is the state of the crew once the weather clears in Chapter 5? When does the battle begin?

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