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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey find below decks?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) A dead crew member.
(c) A keg of contraband whiskey.
(d) A huge nest of rats.

2. What happens between Davidge and West?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A discovery.
(c) An agreement to invest together in a farm when they return to England.
(d) A division.

3. In what country does Port Jackson lie?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) The Ottoman Empire.
(c) Australia.
(d) Mozambique.

4. What outrages Sarah and Emily?
(a) That the butcher refuses to properly feed the animals brought on board.
(b) That they have to wear clothes on the island.
(c) That Aubrey is contemplating leaving them in the care of the local missionaries.
(d) That Clarissa gets to go ashore but they do not.

5. How does Aubrey occupy his time when not commanding the ship?
(a) Sorting through his estate papers.
(b) Teaching some of the junior officers.
(c) Playing bridge with Maturin.
(d) Writing his wife long letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What island does Maturin hope to visit?

2. What does Maturin hope to do some day?

3. What is closed?

4. What vessel is closing on Surprise?

5. What is brought on board the Surprise?

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