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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Stephen Maturin?
(a) Aubrey's nemesis.
(b) The surgeon aboard the Leopard.
(c) The surgeon aboard the Surprise.
(d) Another Navy Captain.

2. What are the officers not enjoying their time in Malta?
(a) The war is about to end and they will be unemployed.
(b) They have received new orders to the West Indies.
(c) The natives are hostile to them.
(d) Their ships are being repaired and they are unemployed.

3. What sort of relationship does Ponto's rescuer engender with Mrs. Fielding?
(a) Genuine friendship.
(b) Guarded acquaintance.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Deep love.

4. What happens to Ponto one night?
(a) He breaks his wrist.
(b) He gets drunk.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He falls down a well.

5. Who is Mrs. Laura Fielding?
(a) A woman working for French intelligence.
(b) Maturin's best friend's wife.
(c) Aubrey's sister-in-law by marriage.
(d) Maturin's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Andrew Wray?

2. What does Ponto do at the shop?

3. What do most of the British officers then begin to assume?

4. How does Ponto greet Captain Aubrey when he sees him in the market?

5. What does Wray receive from Lesueur?

(see the answer key)

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