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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower witness ashore?
(a) The torching of Puerto Cabo.
(b) The routing remnants of the Spanish Royalist forces.
(c) The hanging of Bolívar.
(d) A massacre of the rebels.

2. For what activity does Ramsbottom have a penchant?
(a) Hurley.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Yachting in the military style.
(d) Polo.

3. What happens after Spendlove follows Hornblower's orders?
(a) The warehouses along the docks accidentally catch fire.
(b) Fell relates the plan back to Hornblower.
(c) The bomb Spendlove plants fails to detonate.
(d) The Estrella refuses to allow Spendlove to board.

4. Why does Hornblower swim across a river?
(a) He is forced to by his kidnappers.
(b) He is dumped in there to help him cool down after fainting.
(c) He does so on a dare by some of the young women.
(d) He is dumped in the river by the Estrella captain to wake up Hornblower.

5. What does Hornblower figure out that Ramsbottom has been doing?
(a) Running slaves out of the West Indies.
(b) Posturing as a British commissioned ship-of-war acting under Hornblower's orders.
(c) Running illegal cargo to South America.
(d) Waiting to leave the area under the protection of Hornblower's squadron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?

2. Who is Charles Ramsbottom?

3. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?

4. What does Ramsbottom rename his ship?

5. Where does Hornblower decide to sail?

(see the answer key)

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