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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the French do?
(a) Shoot at Clonfert.
(b) Bomb the fort.
(c) Reach the safety of the harbor.
(d) Run for the open sea.

2. Who is Colonel Keating?
(a) Executive officer of the British marines.
(b) The British governor of Cape Town.
(c) Head of the British calvery.
(d) The infantry commander.

3. What does Bertie give Captain Aubrey?
(a) Several official honors.
(b) A reprimand.
(c) A new command.
(d) A new stripe.

4. What do Aubrey's forces and British land forces do on La Reunion?
(a) Destroy the crops.
(b) Rescue prisoners.
(c) Capture a key city.
(d) Burn the main towns.

5. Why wasn't Maturin captured when Clonfert was?
(a) He pretended to be French.
(b) He swam to shore.
(c) He slipped away on a small boat.
(d) He had transferred to Pym's ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of home does Captain Aubrey live?

2. What does Aubrey do about Corbett and Clonfert?

3. What has been garrisoned by British soldiers?

4. Why is Aubrey receiving only half pay?

5. What arrives in Cape Town that cheers everyone?

(see the answer key)

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