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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the vessel Hornblower captured going?
(a) No where; it will join this fleet.
(b) To drydock in Holland.
(c) To England with dispatches.
(d) Back to help blockade the port from which it is stolen.

2. Why do the men have to stay inside?
(a) The weather is so bad most of the time.
(b) So their presence goes entirely undetected.
(c) They go outside when it becomes Spring.
(d) They are not used to the bitter French winters.

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

4. What does the fleet commander announce concerning Bush?
(a) He will recommend the Navy retaining him.
(b) He is promoted to commander of the vessel Hornblower and he captured.
(c) He will retire him with full honors and a stipend.
(d) He will send him to England to be treated by the commander's person physician.

5. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a French general.
(b) That he is a prisoner of war.
(c) That he is an English diplomat.
(d) That he is a French spy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do they do with Caillard?

3. How does Hornblower gather a crew?

4. With whom do the men become acquainted?

5. Of what does the fleet commander inform Hornblower?

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