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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will depart about the Cornélie?
(a) Martin and Maturin.
(b) Pullings.
(c) The French delegation to Pulo Prabang.
(d) Lafayette.

2. After whom is Aubrey's new ship named?
(a) A horse he once owned.
(b) No one.
(c) A spice his wife loves.
(d) The Sultan of Pulo Prabang.

3. Why has a Dutch-built ship sunk?
(a) It was in a fire fight with an English man-o-war.
(b) It hit a reef.
(c) It carried the plague.
(d) It was too old for the sea.

4. To whom does Maturin give bribes?
(a) A French captain.
(b) The chief at Pulo Prabang.
(c) The chief of the Dyaks.
(d) A friend.

5. What does Maturin want to do about the Cornélie?
(a) Make an agreement with the captain of it.
(b) Pursue and destroy it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Change its name to something that sounds less French.

6. Who is Fox's clerk?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Stafford.
(c) Edwards.
(d) Jones.

7. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?
(a) Sir Edumund Hexley.
(b) John Duncan.
(c) Edward Fox.
(d) Sir Joseph Wexler.

8. To where does the junk take the British sailors?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Batavia.
(c) Taiwain.
(d) England.

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

10. What does the Captain of Marines have his men construct?
(a) Defensive breastworks around the camp.
(b) A means of desalting the sea water.
(c) A system of pipes to bring fresh water to the camp.
(d) A gallows for several mutineers.

11. Who attacks the sailors?
(a) The French.
(b) No one.
(c) Pirates.
(d) A tribe of warriors called Dyaks.

12. What is one thing that interests Kesegaran about the camp?
(a) The books.
(b) The women.
(c) The cannons.
(d) The tools.

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

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

15. What does Maturin play up?
(a) A minor injury that he suffers.
(b) The wonder of birds' nest soup.
(c) A minor injury that Aubrey suffers.
(d) A minor injury on a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kesegaran get to the island?

2. Who were left by their previous ship for various offenses?

3. Whose nests does Maturin find?

4. What is critical after the attack?

5. Where are the nests?

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