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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 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) That it implies ineptness in British intelligence or a traitor in intelligence.
(d) The French has financing for more ships.

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

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

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

5. How does Wray become indebted to Maturin?
(a) Maturin saves his arm when it becomes infected.
(b) Maturin saves his leg when it becomes infected.
(c) Maturin loans Wray money to send his wife who is pregnant.
(d) Losing at cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship do they find?

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

3. Why do Maturin and Aubrey want to return to Malta as quickly as possible?

4. Where does the Admiral want Aubrey to go on his next assignment?

5. How is visibility in the squalls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter with the French man-of-war.

2. What concerns Aubrey about his failed mission with the treasure ship?

3. How does Maturin learn that the galley is not carrying treasure?

4. How do the men survive the remainder of their desert trek and in what kind of shape are they in at the end of their march?

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. Describe the encounter with the treasure galley.

8. What are conditions like for the men on board the Niobe?

9. What does Mr. Fielding falsely believe about Aubrey and how does that influence Mr. Fielding's choices?

10. What does Maturin tell Fielding about his wife and about Maturin's friendship with his wife?

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