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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is frightening that the men encounter?
(a) Large whales.
(b) Ice floes.
(c) French patrol boats.
(d) Rapids.

2. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?
(a) His possible execution and he is already married.
(b) His honor.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His desire to be retired first.

3. What does Bush have great difficulty doing?
(a) Staying in France for so long.
(b) Accepting Hornblower's friendship.
(c) Speaking French.
(d) Walking on his leg with the missing foot.

4. What happens to the searches?
(a) They are still occuring almost daily.
(b) They are intensified now thinking the men will relax their guard.
(c) They are discontinued.
(d) They continue at sporadic times.

5. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) Both midshipmen.
(b) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.
(c) First mate and Steward.
(d) First and second mate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Bush fret about the loss of his foot?

3. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?

4. What do the men carefully observe?

5. With whom do the men become acquainted?

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