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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends after Aubrey and his men are shipboard?
(a) Their good morale.
(b) Their good food.
(c) Their luck.
(d) The sense of purpose.

2. What is happening to many of Aubrey's best men?
(a) They are being hired by other Captains.
(b) They are leaving naval service.
(c) They are being promoted to other positions.
(d) They are getting into brawls in the taverns and being badly injured.

3. What is happening to the Surprise?
(a) It is being returned to service with Pullings as captain.
(b) It is being sold out of service.
(c) It is being fitted as a frigate.
(d) It is deemed damaged beyond repair and is going to be sunk.

4. What is Mrs. Fielding's first name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Mary.
(d) Laura.

5. What is happening to the Worcester?
(a) It is being retrofitted and will be in dry dock for a year or more.
(b) It is being retired.
(c) It is being sunk.
(d) It is being given to another officer to command.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Aubrey and his men travel?

2. What does Aubrey fear about submitting his report?

3. What does Aubrey fear?

4. How does Aubrey give most of his report?

5. Why does the trip become easier on the second day of the march across the desert?

(see the answer key)

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