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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. What is the name of the ship Hornblower loses?
(a) Leopard.
(b) Sutherland.
(c) Java.
(d) Constitution.

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

3. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?
(a) Brown falls off the roof of the carriage and breaks his leg.
(b) Hornblower receives a secret message.
(c) Caillard is shot by a sniper.
(d) A winter storm sets in.

4. How does Hornblower gather a crew?
(a) He frees a group of men on a chain gang.
(b) He offers triple pay.
(c) He doesn't need any more men than the three of them.
(d) He impresses them by authority of his rank.

5. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?
(a) Hornblower's virtues and amazement at his exploits.
(b) The victory of Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar.
(c) The end of the war with Napoleon.
(d) The new steam engines.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Hornblower struggle?

2. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?

3. What is the casualty count for Hornblower's crew?

4. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?

5. How long does Hornblower figure the voyage will take?

(see the answer key)

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