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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower learn about Leighton?
(a) He is promoted.
(b) He is being relieved of command.
(c) He is being court martialed.
(d) He is badly wounded.

2. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(b) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.
(c) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.
(d) That gangrene has set into the stump.

3. How many years has Brown been in the English navy?
(a) 1.
(b) 26.
(c) 6.
(d) 17.

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

5. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) Calais.
(b) Brown.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) A local physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is remarkable about Hornblower and the battle?

2. What rank are Bush and Brown?

3. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?

4. What is the atmosphere in France because of Napoleon's reign?

5. Why does the Colonel decide to go ahead with the transport of Bush and Hornblower despite Bush's injuries?

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