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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey pass the voyage home?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing his wife.
(c) By writing his official navy report.
(d) Training his men.

2. What is the most disturbing part of not obtaining the treasure?
(a) The real treasure galley got away.
(b) The Admiral has no funds now to pay the men.
(c) The French has financing for more ships.
(d) That it implies ineptness in British intelligence or a traitor in intelligence.

3. Upon what criteria are promotions based?
(a) Social and class standing.
(b) Political connections.
(c) Experience and success.
(d) There are no set criteria.

4. Why does Maturin meet Mr. Fielding?
(a) He is injured.
(b) He wants to challenge Maturin to a duel.
(c) He is interested to know about his wife.
(d) He does not meet Maturin.

5. About what does Aubrey worry?
(a) Where the fort's inhabitants are.
(b) Where to obtain water.
(c) Where to obtain food.
(d) How to find a ship.

6. What surrounds the men while they are setting up camp?
(a) Desert lions.
(b) A large group of men.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Millions of scorpions.

7. Why do Maturin and Aubrey want to return to Malta as quickly as possible?
(a) To give the admiral Fielding's intelligence.
(b) For Aubrey to assume command of the Leopard.
(c) For a ball that is to take place shortly.
(d) In case Mrs. Fielding's life is in danger.

8. When does Aubrey set a course for with the Surprise?
(a) Snata Maura.
(b) The area near Normandy.
(c) The area near Brest.
(d) Lisbon.

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

10. Why does the boat not make good progress up the Gulf of Suez?
(a) Bad rainstorms.
(b) No wind.
(c) Poor seamanship.
(d) Unfavorable winds.

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

12. Where is the Dromedary?
(a) It has sunk.
(b) Gone to England.
(c) Safe in the bay.
(d) It has returned to Mubara.

13. Why does Mr. Fielding decline passage aboard the Surprise?
(a) He wants to travel on a faster ship.
(b) He believes Aubrey is having an affair with his wife.
(c) He is assigned to the Nymphe.
(d) He is not offered passage on the Surprise.

14. What does Maturin think about when he learns of the other ship's earlier return?
(a) He thinks about whether Mr. Fielding is on board.
(b) He wonders if the other ship will register the prize.
(c) He wonders if there is a traitor on the other ship.
(d) He is concerned for Mrs. Fielding's safety.

15. What is Niobe?
(a) The city near the place where they leave the desert.
(b) The name of the lake they encounter upon exiting the desert.
(c) A marketplace where they sell their camels.
(d) The ship Aubrey and his crew board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Aubrey the most about failing to gain the treasure?

2. How do the men survive?

3. What happens to the men's supplies?

4. What happens to the Dryad?

5. How do Dr. Maturin and Mr. Martin explore the waters off the side of the ship?

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