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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Surprise send mail home?
(a) With the Indiamen.
(b) With a British man-o-war they meet up with.
(c) With a private British schooner.
(d) With a Dutch freighter.

2. What happens when Horner is taken to sick berth?
(a) He dies.
(b) He recovers pretty rapidly.
(c) He confesses everything to Maturin.
(d) He goes into a coma.

3. What happens in São Francisco?
(a) Maturin falls in love.
(b) The Surprise takes a long time to be refitted.
(c) Martin decides to stay.
(d) Aubrey is attacked.

4. To whom does Aubrey turn over Danaë to sail home?
(a) No one.
(b) Mowett.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Hollom.

5. Where does Surprise pass that has Maturin and Martin salivating to stop?
(a) Machu Pichu.
(b) Espanozian Island.
(c) Nazca Island.
(d) The Galapagos Islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes evident as the days pass?

2. What does Horner say when he approaches Maturin?

3. What does Higgins continue to do?

4. Padeen Coleman is proving himself to be ____________.

5. What takes many days to traverse?

(see the answer key)

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