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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does he notice laboring at the docks?
(a) Chain gains of slaves.
(b) Many Americans.
(c) Captured English citizens.
(d) Captured English sailors.

2. Who gives chase to Hornblower's vessel?
(a) A French frigate.
(b) An American frigate.
(c) No one.
(d) Three boats full of heavily-armed men.

3. How is Admiral Leighton's victory made possible?
(a) The French had pulled most of their fleet away to another port.
(b) Because of Hornblower's efforts a few days earlier.
(c) The French crews were on shore.
(d) There was help from the locals.

4. How old is Brown?
(a) 17.
(b) 28.
(c) 44.
(d) 21.

5. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?
(a) The fact that the people are so hostile to the Englishmen.
(b) The bumps that cause Bush terrible agony.
(c) The way the French soldiers stay so close to the carriage.
(d) The speed at which they are traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the lack of sleep have on Hornblower?

2. What does the doctor tell Caillard?

3. What do the three men come to realize?

4. What happens every few days?

5. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?

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