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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the wounded transferred?
(a) To a hospital ashore.
(b) They are not transferred.
(c) To a larger ship that has a good infirmary.
(d) To a ship that's headed for England that day.

2. What has Villiers recently become?
(a) A Brazilian citizen.
(b) An American citizen.
(c) An English citizen.
(d) A Canadian citizen.

3. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?
(a) The plague.
(b) News of the end of the war.
(c) News of the HMS Shannon's victory.
(d) The flu.

4. What causes Aubrey some discomfort?
(a) Smith is agressively pursuing him.
(b) A letter from his wife written before she takes ill.
(c) Maturin may stay at this port for a few months.
(d) Villiers is flirtatious.

5. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?
(a) The Merrimack.
(b) The USS Mayflower.
(c) The Monitor.
(d) The USS Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?

2. What is the name of one of the American schooners that converges on the ship where Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers are?

3. What does Maturin realize about Villiers?

4. What does the town do when the Shannon arrives?

5. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?

(see the answer key)

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