2. With what ship do the Surprise and Dryad cross paths?
(a) The Edinburgh.
(b) The Leopard.
(c) The Wellington.
(d) The Elizabeth.

3. Why does Aubrey give chase to a galley ship they encounter?
(a) It turned to run which made it suspicious.
(b) It is flying French colours.
(c) It matches treasure ship's description.
(d) It is flying American colours.

4. How does the fort that the men find appear?
(a) Green and lush.
(b) As if it has been marauded.
(c) Deserted.
(d) As if it is held by the French.

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

6. Of what does Dundas complain?
(a) Having lost a French privateer.
(b) Losing her main mast and two topsails.
(c) A hasty repair in the hull was leaking.
(d) Having to sail around Cape Horn at this time of the year for a mission.

7. Who is Boulay?
(a) A man from Sir Hildebrand's administration.
(b) An English poet.
(c) A Frenchman who hates Napoleon.
(d) The captain of the Marsailles.

8. What does Maturin learn when he dives for the treasure?
(a) The galley is floating just twenty feet below the surface.
(b) They were set up.
(c) There is more than enough to make all of them wealthy for the rest of their lives.
(d) The galley sank in a canyon and it's too deep to approach.

9. What does Aubrey hand deliver to Maturin in the morning?
(a) Written orders.
(b) A new diving bell.
(c) A new medical bag.
(d) Letters from England.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) That it implies ineptness in British intelligence or a traitor in intelligence.
(d) The Admiral has no funds now to pay the men.