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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey do before setting sail across the sea?
(a) Interviews the crew.
(b) Inventories all the provisions.
(c) Inspects every room.
(d) Takes a long sleep.

2. What causes a crew member to be so disobedient to the order about the birds?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He is insane.

3. What is Aubrey's main personal problem?
(a) His wife is sick.
(b) He has a terminal disease.
(c) He is losing his memory.
(d) He is deep in debt.

4. What does Maturin do for the Navy?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is a secret agent.
(c) He is a sailor.
(d) He is a cartographer.

5. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Humor.
(b) Hair.
(c) Patience.
(d) Malice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forces the Worcester to leave the blockade?

2. What is Graham's job on the ship?

3. What is Latham's ship called?

4. Where is Maturin called away to?

5. What hits Maturin on the head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two events in this chapter cheer up Aubrey?

2. How is Maturin wounded?

3. Why does Aubrey avoid Maturin when he first comes aboard the ship?

4. What happens when a strong wind blows birds over the ship?

5. How does Aubrey feel when Maturin is called to Spain, and why?

6. Why is a blockade duty so wearing on a ship and its crew?

7. How does Martin convince people to not hurt the birds?

8. What about Martin does Maturin not like, and what does he do about this?

9. Why is Aubrey so worried about Thornton's health?

10. Please explain the relationship between Maturin and his wife.

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