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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suddenly lands on the beach?
(a) A huge number of jelly fish.
(b) Pieces of the French privateer.
(c) A whale.
(d) A vast war canoe.

2. Why are the sailors able to salvage much of the ship's contents?
(a) They are unable to salvage anything.
(b) The lifeboats were larger than average.
(c) It washes up on shore almost intact.
(d) It took a long time to sink.

3. What does Maturin do to supplement the food supply?
(a) Fish.
(b) Hunt wild pigs.
(c) Gather roots and berries.
(d) Capture wild goats to milk.

4. What is critical after the attack?
(a) A way to summon help.
(b) A way to find more wood for cooking fires.
(c) A way to retrieve the tools.
(d) Food supplies are critically low.

5. Who does Maturin spy one morning when he wakes up?
(a) What he thinks is an angel.
(b) A Dyak woman.
(c) A pirate.
(d) A French privateer approaching the bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks the sailors?

2. What do the men do for entertainment?

3. How does Maturin spend the next few days after collapsing?

4. What do the attackers do as they retreat?

5. What does the captain of the force who assaults Aubrey's camp wear?

(see the answer key)

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