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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will prevent entrance into the sunken Speedwell?
(a) A group of hundreds of sharks.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The hatches are all closed.
(d) It is buried too deeply into the sand.

2. Where is McCullum?
(a) In a small boat headed to the mainland.
(b) On the ship.
(c) Dead.
(d) In a hospital on the mainland.

3. Who comes to the Atropos?
(a) No one.
(b) The Turkish captain.
(c) The fortress's commandant.
(d) The Mudir.

4. Why does Atropos slow down?
(a) To bait Castilla into following.
(b) She sees some bad reefs ahead.
(c) Her pinion cracked.
(d) Her foresail is ripped.

5. How much does Hornblower believe has been recovered?
(a) About 2,000,000 pounds.
(b) About 2,000 pounds.
(c) About 20,000 pounds.
(d) About 200,000 pounds.

6. How does Hornblower respond to news of the duel?
(a) He is furious.
(b) He is anxious.
(c) He doesn't care one way or the other.
(d) He is perplexed.

7. Where does Eisenbeiss think the bullet is lodged?
(a) Next to the heart.
(b) In McCullum's right lung.
(c) McCullum's scapula.
(d) In McCullum's shoulder blade.

8. In what kind of shape are the ships after the fighting?
(a) The two English ships sustain light damage and the Castilla is listing even worse than before.
(b) All three are heavily damaged.
(c) The English ship that Atropos meets is slowly sinking and Atropos and Castilla have little damage.
(d) None of the ships is damaged much at all.

9. What type of fuse does the crew construct on the next attempt at demolition?
(a) Flying fuse.
(b) Fuseless.
(c) Twisted fuse.
(d) Braided fuse.

10. To where does Atropos set sail?
(a) Batavia.
(b) Marmorice Bay.
(c) Puta Batang.
(d) Malta.

11. Around what is the fuse wrapped?
(a) A large coil.
(b) A cannon ball.
(c) An iron rod.
(d) Nothing.

12. Who comes aboard the Atropos?
(a) The local Mudir.
(b) An English resident in the area.
(c) A Turkish diver of great repute.
(d) No one.

13. What English ship does the Atropos finally encounter?
(a) HMS Leopard.
(b) HMS Shannon.
(c) HMS Nightingale.
(d) HMS Essex.

14. What is done with the barrel?
(a) Divers place it under the ship.
(b) Divers drop it close to the ship.
(c) Divers let it float above the ship.
(d) Divers pull it on a long rope into the ship's core.

15. Why are more reliable methods not tried first?
(a) McCullum needs to be there and he's not yet up to it.
(b) They work much more slowly.
(c) They are more expensive.
(d) They are more dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the last container of gold?

2. Who is one person who places the explosives under the wreck?

3. What does Hornblower negotiate?

4. Who leads the boarding party onto the Castilla?

5. How is the dinner?

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