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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
(a) It is being refitted with larger canons.
(b) It is being converted to a transport.
(c) It is being scuttled.
(d) It is being sold to a private merchant.

2. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?
(a) The Admiral has not yet decided.
(b) They will stay with the Leopard.
(c) They will sail back to England and be assigned to other ships.
(d) They will be disbursed among the Admiral's other ships.

3. What famous joke of Aubrey's does Aubrey perpetuate on Maturin?
(a) The parrot joke.
(b) The albatross joke.
(c) The Davy Jones' locker joke.
(d) The weevil joke.

4. What does the HMS Shannon do?
(a) Signals with lanterns to Aubrey.
(b) Blows up.
(c) Takes a look into the harbor as Aubrey is watching.
(d) Attacks the docks in the Boston harbor.

5. What does Aubrey do with his right arm?
(a) It is bound to his chest.
(b) It had to be amputated a couple weeks ago.
(c) It is hanging useless at his side.
(d) Swing a staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin bring Villiers to settle her stomach further?

2. How are the marines faring?

3. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?

4. Why does the Chesapeake drift off?

5. How does Johnson respond to news of the assault on Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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