3. Who is Stephen Maturin?
(a) Another Navy Captain.
(b) Aubrey's nemesis.
(c) The surgeon aboard the Leopard.
(d) The surgeon aboard the Surprise.

4. What sort of relationship does Ponto's rescuer engender with Mrs. Fielding?
(a) Guarded acquaintance.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Deep love.
(d) Genuine friendship.

5. When do Aubrey and his men travel?
(a) Evenings and early mornings.
(b) All night.
(c) All day.
(d) All night and early morning.

6. What does Wray receive from Lesueur?
(a) A dossier.
(b) Money.
(c) A sword.
(d) False intelligence.

7. What does Lesueur want Mrs. Fielding to do?
(a) Kill Maturin.
(b) Take a message to England.
(c) Seduce Maturin and gain intelligence.
(d) Seduce Aubrey.

8. What does Aubrey fear?
(a) He will have to revoke Pullings's promotion.
(b) He will besmirch Mrs. Fielding's reputation.
(c) He will lose Maturin to another assignment.
(d) He will have no crew available when time to sail.

9. How do the people of Mubara view Aubrey's haste?
(a) As understandable.
(b) They do not have a view.
(c) As rude.
(d) As wrong.

10. What do Maturin and Graham think is not possible on Malta?
(a) Good health.
(b) Work cataloging native species.
(c) Secrecy.
(d) Robust exercise.

11. Who is Effendi?
(a) A leader in Mubara.
(b) A monk.
(c) A Rabbi.
(d) An Iman.

12. How does Aubrey feel about the fate of the Worcester?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

13. Who is Mrs. Laura Fielding?
(a) A woman working for French intelligence.
(b) Maturin's best friend's wife.
(c) Maturin's sister.
(d) Aubrey's sister-in-law by marriage.

14. What happens to Ponto one night?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He gets drunk.
(c) He breaks his wrist.
(d) He falls down a well.

15. Who is Dr. Graham?
(a) The governor of Malta's private physician.
(b) Maturin's colleague and a surgeon.
(c) A French spy.
(d) A professor studying ancient history on Malta.