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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. What kind of news does the Englishman give Aubrey?
(a) There is a French privateer nearby.
(b) The Spanish western Amanda is close.
(c) There is an American privateer nearby.
(d) The Spanish have four battleships in a blockade of Peru.

2. What does Aubrey find out when he takes Franklin to sea to look for a prize?
(a) Pullings is on shore.
(b) Vidal has jumped ship.
(c) Dutourd is not aboard.
(d) Franklin is not yet seaworthy.

3. What flag does Franklin fly when approaching the ship from question #91?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Peruvian.
(c) American.
(d) British.

4. Where does Maturin go when he ascends into the Andes the first time?
(a) A convent.
(b) A Benedictine Monastery.
(c) A coca farm.
(d) The home of a powerful landowner.

5. Who is the Englishman serving aboard the ship from question #91?
(a) Robert Petton.
(b) Thomas Neville.
(c) Edward Shelton.
(d) Bradley Cunningham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maturin and Gayongos discuss?

2. What helps Maturin's physical problems?

3. What does Castro declare as to his intentions concerning the rebellion?

4. Who has destroyed Maturin's planning?

5. At what port does Surprise and her prizes stop in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Maturin meet and why?

2. What is the result of Martin's self-medication?

3. Where has Maturin been sent after the collapse of the rebellion?

4. How does Aubrey fool the whaler?

5. Who are two of the main figures in the planned rebellion and how do they stand on the issue?

6. What happens when Surprise reaches port at Callao? What does Maturin do?

7. Why does Aubrey go out to sea in Franklin, what does he encounter and what does he discover?

8. Describe Eduardo and what kind of relationship do he and Maturin develop?

9. What does Aubrey attempt to do to correct what he found out about Dutourd?

10. Who does Maturin write about his mission and what does he tell him?

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