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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bush feel when the Captain accuses him of something untrue?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Puzzled and a little hurt.
(d) Sad.

2. When the Captain fell, he landed on his ___________.
(a) Feet.
(b) Backside.
(c) It is not known immediately.
(d) Head.

3. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Weak.
(c) Insensible.
(d) Not fit for duty.

4. _____ is made commander of the ship formerly named La Gaditana.
(a) Bush.
(b) Buckland.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hornblower.

5. What is the name of the ship that Lt. William Bush boards at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Renown.
(b) Conquerer.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 9, it is nighttime, and the weather on the beach is _______________.

2. What does Hornblower say while watching an enemy ship being consumed by fire?

3. In the language of the sea, "handsomely" means ________________.

4. It had been years since Bush had seen ________, but he paid no attention to them.

5. The "Morning Chronicle" says Napoleon is going to call himself __________________.

(see the answer key)

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