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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game do Dillon and Stephen share?
(a) Backgammon
(b) Checkers
(c) Chess
(d) Poker

2. What did the Moorish cat ship hit first when they fired upon the Sophia?
(a) Mast
(b) Bower Anchor
(c) Starboard Guns
(d) Port cockpit

3. What does before the mast mean?
(a) Calling out a sailor of higher rank to compete in a duel for his rank
(b) Raising the sails of a ship in surrender to the enemy
(c) Stripping a midshipman of his status and turning him into a common sailor
(d) Promoting a common sailor into a midshipman

4. Which is Stephen's native country?
(a) Ireland
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Catalonia

5. Who calls out when land is spotted aboard the Sophie?
(a) Midshipman
(b) Bowmansmate
(c) Starboard watchman
(d) Masthead

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack insist upon doing while the Dedaigneuse approaches?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what is the crew practicing?

3. Who does Stephen wish could be friends?

4. Of what religion is Dillon?

5. Where does Jack tell his guns aboard the Sophia to aim?

(see the answer key)

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