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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is aboard the Surprise specifically for Maturin?
(a) A barrel of pickling solution.
(b) A deep freeze container for his specimens.
(c) A cabin specially equipped for his scientific pursuits.
(d) The new diving bell Aubrey gives him.

2. What does Aubrey want for Honey and Maitland?
(a) A decent chance for finding new employment.
(b) Nothing; he dislikes both men intensely.
(c) Leniency in their court martials.
(d) A way to get them assigned to his ship.

3. What does Aubrey fear about submitting his report?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That the failed mission will end his career.
(c) That he will not be given back the Surprise.
(d) That he will be held responsible for attacking the wrong galley.

4. What does Maturin suspect about Mr. Fielding?
(a) That he is the traitor.
(b) That he was never captured.
(c) That he is dead and his letters are forged.
(d) That he has already escaped prison.

5. Why does the trip become easier on the second day of the march across the desert?
(a) They recover their horses from some nomads.
(b) They find some camels.
(c) The sand becomes more granular and it's easier to walk.
(d) They find an old Roman road.

6. Where is Lesueur when Maturin is sitting in the dark?
(a) Entering the deserted warehouse.
(b) Sailing back to Brest.
(c) Sneaking on board the Surprise.
(d) Coming into Mrs. Fielding's home.

7. Who greets Aubrey and his crew favorably?
(a) Some Dutch fishermen.
(b) Mr. Fielding.
(c) Their Turkish hosts.
(d) An English spy posing as a Frenchman.

8. What do Aubrey and his men see as they exit the desert?
(a) A huge fire near Niro.
(b) A large French force waiting for them.
(c) A lake of fresh water.
(d) A view of the Suez.

9. What does Aubrey decide to start on the voyage with Surprise?
(a) A new career.
(b) A journal.
(c) A letter-writing campaign.
(d) Midshipmen's training for two of his crew.

10. What does Fielding hear regarding Aubrey?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That Aubrey is having an affair with Fielding's wife.
(c) That Aubrey saves Ponto's life and nothing else.
(d) That Aubrey is married and very honorable.

11. Who is Major Pollock?
(a) A spy for France.
(b) A man whose brother is given command of the Blackwater.
(c) The Admiral's aide de camp.
(d) An Army major who is retiring from the service.

12. What has to be rationed?
(a) Food.
(b) Citrus to keep from scurvy.
(c) Water.
(d) Gunpowder.

13. To whom does Aubrey report upon his return to Malta?
(a) Admiral Leighton.
(b) Admiral Hartley.
(c) The Commander-in-Chief.
(d) The aide de camp to the Commander-in-Chief.

14. Who makes port at Malta before the Surprise?
(a) The Dryad.
(b) The Wellington.
(c) The Essex.
(d) The Bounty.

15. What does the Surprise claim?
(a) The French merchant vessel as a prize.
(b) The French privateer. vessel as a prize.
(c) The French frigate as a prize.
(d) The American vessel as a prize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boat is commanded by Harry Cotton?

2. Why does Mr. Fielding decline passage aboard the Surprise?

3. About what is the Admiral disappointed?

4. With what ship do the Surprise and Dryad cross paths?

5. Who is Aubrey ordered to seek out and protect?

(see the answer keys)

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