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

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

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

4. Who does Aubrey quote that misleads Amanda Smith?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Villiers.
(c) Admiral Nelson.
(d) Harry Johnson.

5. What compels Aubrey to find Smith quite attractive?
(a) Nothing could compel him to find her attractive.
(b) He does not want to insult her father, the host.
(c) Maturin's request that Aubrey be kind to his cousin.
(d) Alcohol.

6. About what do men comment concerning Villiers?
(a) Her sad countenance.
(b) Her exceptional beauty.
(c) Her reluctance to engage in social conversation.
(d) Her tendency to flitter about.

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

8. What is the name of one of the American schooners that converges on the ship where Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers are?
(a) The American Trader.
(b) The Bostonian.
(c) The Liberty.
(d) The Patriot.

9. What happens to the crew on that schooner?
(a) They sink with their ship and drown.
(b) They are hung as mutineers.
(c) It is rescued by the other allowing the English packet to escape.
(d) They save the ship eventually and limp back to Boston.

10. What does Captain Broke need to do?
(a) Join a blockade of the New York harbor.
(b) Write his official communiqué.
(c) Supervise the repairs of the Shannon.
(d) Return to the blockage of Washington.

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

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

13. What is Maturin doing on shore?
(a) Attending the wounded.
(b) Finding a minister to marry him and Villiers.
(c) Having a quiet moment with Villiers.
(d) Trying to sleep.

14. What does Aubrey desperately want to do?
(a) Divorce Sophie.
(b) Retire.
(c) Return to a sea command.
(d) Be left alone.

15. What does the mail that arrives confirm?
(a) That Aubrey's wife has died.
(b) That not only has Aubrey's wife died, but also his oldest son.
(c) Aubrey's worse fears about Kimber.
(d) That Aubrey's estate is irreparably damaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blaine suggest to Aubrey?

2. What does Aubrey do when he first makes land?

3. What forces are garrisoning at Grimsholm?

4. With what is Aubrey threatened?

5. What causes Aubrey some discomfort?

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