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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are three food resources that Desolation Island has in abundance?
(a) Eggs, grains and cabbage.
(b) Meat, eggs, and cabbage.
(c) Cattle, mushrooms and cabbage.
(d) Fish, carrots and mushrooms.

2. Where does Aubrey weather the storm?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Mediterranean Sea.
(c) Sea of Bengali.
(d) Bay of Biscay.

3. What does Maturin say in his journal about Herapath?
(a) That he will make a good sailor.
(b) That he is rather dumb.
(c) That he recently came upon him talking to Wogan.
(d) That he is a French spy.

4. What happens to the rudder when they pull away from the iceberg?
(a) It pushes up into the hull.
(b) It breaks off.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It dismounts.

5. What happens when Aubrey pulls the ship away from the ice?
(a) The hull is breached and it takes on water.
(b) He can't get away from the ice.
(c) The ship slides off and is blown north.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Aubrey angry?

2. Why do they take ice aboard the ship?

3. Who is Michael Herapath?

4. How does Herapath feel when doing what Wogan wants?

5. What did Wogan have that kept her in good physical shape?

(see the answer key)

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