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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the method Aubrey uses to arm his ship have?
(a) It covers both short and long-range possibilites.
(b) It makes the ship lighter and therefore faster.
(c) It enables more men in the rigging to pick off boarding parties.
(d) It has a heavy punch up close but no long-range accuracy.

2. What does Fox leave with his clerk?
(a) A sketch of the treaty territories.
(b) A copy of the treaty.
(c) A thousand pounds.
(d) Nothing.

3. With what does Aubrey arm the Nutmeg of Consolation?
(a) An extra company of sharpshooters.
(b) A mix of carronades and cannons.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Carronades.

4. Why does Maturin collapse?
(a) He drinks bad whiskey.
(b) He ran too far in the hot sun.
(c) He swam too fast getting away from a shark.
(d) He has contracted a tropical fever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin send to a Chinese junk?

2. What passes through the area?

3. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?

4. What is the name of their ship that wrecked?

5. Why has a Dutch-built ship sunk?

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