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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?
(a) A raccoon walking towards them.
(b) A rat running across the grass.
(c) The boom of a ship's gun.
(d) A toad on the sidewalk.

2. What is the relationship between Harry Johnson and Villiers?
(a) They do not know each other.
(b) They are former lovers.
(c) They are husband and wife.
(d) They are brother and sister-in-law.

3. Why does Aubrey travel to London?
(a) To see another lawyer.
(b) To file a suit against Kimper.
(c) To make his official report.
(d) To buy his family presents.

4. What does Maturin do with Villiers?
(a) Finds a friend who is willing to marry her.
(b) Arranges for her to stay at the Hôtel de la Mothe.
(c) Tries to talk her into marrying him.
(d) Marries her.

5. Who does Maturin learn has drowned?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Ponsich.
(d) Sophie.

6. What forces are garrisoning at Grimsholm?
(a) Catalan.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Prussian.

7. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?
(a) Teaching at the medical school.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Collecting specimens.
(d) Writing a novel.

8. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey's home burns to the ground but his wife and children are alive.
(b) Aubrey needs to come home as his wife is dying.
(c) Aubrey's wife has died.
(d) Kimber has exhausted Aubrey's funds with little to show for it.

9. What do Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers do to effect a return to England?
(a) They take a private merchant vessel.
(b) They take a slower packet.
(c) They have to wait until later in the summer.
(d) They are onboard the fast packet with the original communiqué from Broke.

10. What does Villiers confide to Maturin?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That she is actually already married to Harry Johnson.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she left all her money in the hotel in Boston in her haste to leave.

11. What does Maturin ask Villiers?
(a) To take a letter to a colleague in England.
(b) To keep quiet about his activities in America.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To take a letter to a colleague in Brazil.

12. What was Maturin doing in America recently?
(a) He was courting Villiers.
(b) He was helping Aubrey escape.
(c) He was spying.
(d) He was a nominal prisoner.

13. What happens to one of the American schooners that delays their pursuit?
(a) It hits an iceberg.
(b) The rudder pinion breaks off.
(c) The main mast breaks.
(d) There is a mutiny.

14. Who is Beck?
(a) Another doctor who teaches at the medical college.
(b) The man who brought Maturin a rare plant specimen.
(c) A local intelligence officer.
(d) The owner of the Inn where Maturin is staying.

15. How is Villiers' appearance at the ball?
(a) Respledent.
(b) She is wearing a lovely gown but no jewelry.
(c) She is wearing black for the death of her husband.
(d) Subdued in greys because she feels ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Villiers' diamond necklace feature?

2. What does Maturin do at the ball?

3. What impresses Smith about Aubrey?

4. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?

5. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?

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