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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Admiral give Aubrey after returning from the failed attempt?
(a) A desk job.
(b) A new assignment.
(c) An offer of retirement.
(d) A reprimand.

4. What happens to the Dryad?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It is attacked.
(c) It is sunk.
(d) It is captured.

5. What does the First Secretary promise Aubrey?
(a) Command of the Essex.
(b) Command of the Shannon.
(c) Command of the Blackwater.
(d) Command of the Leopard.

6. Who personally tutors Honey and Maitland?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Maturin.
(c) The Admiral.
(d) Major Pollock.

7. What follows after the squalls?
(a) Three days of relative calm.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) A horrendous cyclone.
(d) Good breezes though with heavy fog.

8. Who accompanies the Surprise on its new assignment?
(a) The Leopard.
(b) The Dryad.
(c) The Essex.
(d) The Shannon.

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

10. Where is the treacherous sea through which they are sailing?
(a) Near Ithaca.
(b) Near Thyrce.
(c) Near Cape Horn.
(d) Near La Compaigne.

11. What causes the crew discomfort?
(a) Sunburns.
(b) The lack of privacy on such a small ship.
(c) The constant sand-laden winds.
(d) Bad water.

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

13. Who does Mauturin try to locate in Valletta?
(a) Dr. Graham.
(b) Mr. Wray.
(c) Bowfry.
(d) Lesueur.

14. What does Aubrey do soon after being shipboard?
(a) Write Sophie.
(b) Clean his uniform.
(c) Write the Admiral.
(d) Write the admiralty.

15. What do the crew finally commence?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) The long overland journey.
(c) Refusing orders.
(d) Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Major Pollock?

2. For what are the men thankful?

3. How does the fort that the men find appear?

4. What does Aubrey hand deliver to Maturin in the morning?

5. From what does the Surprise escape?

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