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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Allen have about whales?
(a) Mostly folk lore.
(b) None.
(c) About their behaviors, species and how much oil they produce.
(d) Not much.

2. What friend does Maturin encounter on shore?
(a) Reverend Mr. Brierly.
(b) Reverend John Jells.
(c) Reverend Mr. Martin.
(d) None.

3. Why is Nagel lashed?
(a) He is insolent to Hollom.
(b) He lies about his duty.
(c) He is rude to one of the wives on board.
(d) He steals another crew's rations.

4. What kind of ship is the Surprise?
(a) A passenger ferry.
(b) A slaver.
(c) A British man-of-war.
(d) A merchant frigate.

5. How does Aubrey find Allen's conversation?
(a) Sad.
(b) Unbelievable.
(c) Boring.
(d) Vaguely useful.

6. What monumental task must Aubrey undertake?
(a) Preparing Surprise for a long voyage on short notice.
(b) Handing over command of Surprise.
(c) Planning raids on French enclaves in the Atlantic.
(d) Planning a promotion ceremony.

7. Who agrees to accept a lesser position on Surprise since he has no other options at the time?
(a) Tom Pullings.
(b) Mowett.
(c) Martin.
(d) Fielding.

8. What does Wray constantly work to do?
(a) Ferret out double spies for British intelligence.
(b) Destroy Maturin.
(c) Finding new species of plants in the West Indies.
(d) Support Maturin.

9. Why does Maturin find Allen's conversation interesting?
(a) Maturin once was on a vessel captured by pirates.
(b) He loves natural history.
(c) Maturin wonders about the claims about the Bermuda Triangle.
(d) His father was a whaler.

10. What does Diana request of Maturin?
(a) A new overseer.
(b) More household expense money.
(c) Passage to see him.
(d) A refutation of his alleged affair with another woman.

11. What does Sir Ives say about the USS Norfolk?
(a) It is stranded in Greenland.
(b) It is on a mission to enlist France's aid against the British.
(c) It is on a mission to destroy British whalers.
(d) It is prowling the waters of South America.

12. Why do whaling ships have prominent crow's nests?
(a) To balance the ship when a whale carcass is attached.
(b) To facilitate spotting whales.
(c) To signal other ships that a particular whale is a ship's find.
(d) To be able to bombard the whale from a goodly height.

13. Who acts as Second Lieutenant?
(a) Mowett.
(b) Allen.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Hollom.

14. Who is Higgins?
(a) Aubrey's valet.
(b) The cook.
(c) Maturin's nominal assistant.
(d) The third mate.

15. What is Maturin's position on board the Surprise?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) First Officer.
(c) Gunner's mate.
(d) First mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Midshipman Hollom's situation on Gibraltar?

2. How does Maturin relax?

3. Who recognizes Aubrey and Maturin on the ship the Surprise encounters?

4. With whom does Surprise rendezvous unexpectedly?

5. Who is Midshipman Hollom?

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