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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain of the Triton do?
(a) Throws wine in Aubrey's face.
(b) Refuses to stay for dinner.
(c) Makes the dinner party disagreeable.
(d) Throws wine in Maturin's face.

2. What does the landing party find?
(a) Hundreds of native corpses.
(b) Only about forty natives.
(c) No one.
(d) A pirate's nest.

3. Where does the French captain plant to bring on water aboard?
(a) Nil Desperandum.
(b) Nillium.
(c) Pulag Ser.
(d) Deserate.

4. What does Aubrey signal Pullings to do?
(a) Signal Cornélie for their surrender.
(b) Turn and pursue Cornélie.
(c) Await the Shannon's help.
(d) Fix the rudder pin.

5. What does Maturin discover in the hold of the ship?
(a) A stowaway.
(b) Oakes drinking whiskey.
(c) A hole that is slowly filling the hold with water.
(d) Rats have gnawed into the chest with the coca leaves.

6. What are the two girls eventually named?
(a) Mary and Martha.
(b) Sarah and Susan.
(c) Emily and Sarah.
(d) Susan and Emily.

7. Who escorts Triton and the American prizes?
(a) HMS Shannon.
(b) Nutmeg of Consolation.
(c) HMS Leopard.
(d) Surprise.

8. Of what does Aubrey grow jealous?
(a) A man his wife mentions in a letter.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A native woman on Basatange paying so much attention to Maturin.
(d) Martin and Maturin spending so much time together.

9. What type of armament does the Cornélie possess?
(a) Light cannon.
(b) A mixture of heavy, medium and light cannon.
(c) Heavy cannon.
(d) Carronades.

10. To where does Aubrey and Maturin remove?
(a) They go ashore in Manalay.
(b) To HMS Shannon.
(c) Surprise.
(d) To Triton.

11. What does the Cornélie's captain realize?
(a) That his sails are not in ready position.
(b) That the Nutmeg is not armed as well as the Cornélie.
(c) That the Nutmeg is disguised.
(d) That his crew is not returning to the ship.

12. With whom does Aubrey share his thoughts?
(a) Oakes.
(b) Killick.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Miller.

13. What happens a few hours after the dinner ends?
(a) The Nutmeg of Consolation is sabotaged.
(b) The French captain of the Cornélie jumps overboard.
(c) The Triton is mysteriously sunken.
(d) The fleet disperses.

14. Who appears on the horizon?
(a) The French man-o-war.
(b) Surprise.
(c) An American privateer.
(d) The HMS Shannon.

15. Upon what sort of variables is Aubrey's plan contingent?
(a) Whether Cornélie decides to maintain pursuit.
(b) Wind, current, tide and timing.
(c) If his gunpowder can dry quickly enough.
(d) The tide being high enough to pass over the great reef in the passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey hope the Captain on the Cornélie will believe?

2. What is the advantage of the French armament?

3. What temporarily prevents the Nutmeg of Consolation from steering?

4. What does Aubrey think of the Surprise?

5. What will Aubrey do in the Passage?

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