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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is presumed lost at sea?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) Sexton.
(c) Fox.
(d) Maturin.

4. Who organizes the shipwrecked men's camp?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Welby.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Martin.

5. What does Aubrey do to Miller and Oakes?
(a) Turns them before the mast.
(b) Rate them as midshipmen.
(c) Put them in the brig.
(d) Refuse to take them on board.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to repulse the attackers?

2. What does Raffles' wife ask of Aubrey?

3. Why is the Nutmeg of Consolation readied for sea in haste?

4. What does Aubrey admire about the Captain of the Marines?

5. Where is the unnamed island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the Nutmeg of Consolation encounter and what do they learn?

2. Why is Aubrey and his crew marooned?

3. Where does Maturin find Padeen Colman and what does Maturin do?

4. What does Maturin do that gains the men assistance?

5. Why is Surprise spending so much time in port?

6. When will the schooner be completed, and what will the men do once it is built?

7. Describe the first attempt of the Nutmeg of Consolation to engage Cornélie.

8. What does Maturin do with the girls?

9. How does Aubrey plan for an attack on Cornélie?

10. How and why does Aubrey modify the Nutmeg of Consolation?

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