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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Fielding tell Maturin?
(a) That he has important information for the admiral in Malta.
(b) About his ordeal as a prisoner.
(c) That he is a double agent working for Sir Blaine.
(d) That he is divorcing his wife.

2. How do the men survive?
(a) They drink from cacti.
(b) They kill desert animals for their liquid.
(c) They drink as much as possible when there is water.
(d) Most do not survive.

3. What does the wind bring to the ship?
(a) Sand.
(b) Smells of rotting fishes.
(c) Smell of smoke.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is Maturin doing as Aubrey conferences with the Admiral?
(a) Visiting a desert island near Malta to study lizard specimens.
(b) He is enroute back to England.
(c) Visiting his patients in the hospital.
(d) Replenishing his medical supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey want for Honey and Maitland?

2. Who does Mauturin try to locate in Valletta?

3. How does Aubrey pass the voyage home?

4. Where is the treacherous sea through which they are sailing?

5. What has to be rationed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Fielding change the atmosphere on board the Surprise?

2. Why does Aubrey decide to commence training Mr. Maitland and Mr. Honey?

3. What surprise awaits Maturin when the Surprise gains a Turkish port?

4. Who are Mr. Honey and Mr. Maitland and how does Aubrey help them?

5. What does Aubrey do after crossing the desert?

6. What concerns the men when they arrive at the fort, but what happens in the end?

7. How does Maturin help to protect Mrs. Fielding and pull off and intelligence coup?

8. What is the attitude of the crew and why as they are returning on the Niobe?

9. With what is the Admiral most concerned about the events surrounding the treasure ship's trickery?

10. What happens in Mrs. Fielding's home while Maturin sits in the dark awaiting her return?

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