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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sailors think of Hornblower's daily ritual?
(a) They think daily is unnecessary, weekly is good enough.
(b) They all follow his example.
(c) They heartily approve.
(d) The Commodore has very strange habits.

2. What else does Hornblower do to make his plan with the Porta Coeli masquerade work?
(a) Get Lieutenant Freeman's agreement.
(b) Nothing, they are good to go.
(c) Paint over the name of the ship.
(d) Have the crew clean up the ship.

3. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?
(a) On its way to Jamaica.
(b) Close to the French port city of Le Havre.
(c) About a mile off the coast of Dover.
(d) At the docks in Liverpool.

4. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Spends the night with his mistress.
(b) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.
(c) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(d) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.

5. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) Three hundred marines.
(b) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.
(c) Sixty cavalry.
(d) 10 cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower feel about Sweet's death?

2. What happens to one of Hornblower's previous ships, the Sutherland?

3. How does Chadwick react to his orders from Hornblower?

4. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?

5. Who is among the reinforcements that Admiral Pellew sends?

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