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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucy Hough greet Hornblower?
(a) With veiled hostility.
(b) With disdain.
(c) Effusive and confused.
(d) With indifference.

2. How does Hornblower's flagship reach New Orleans?
(a) Via a sail tug.
(b) Via a steam tug.
(c) Under its own sail.
(d) It doesn't; it stays out in deeper waters.

3. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne?
(a) That Napoleon has recently died.
(b) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Barbados at the moment.
(c) That he is holding Cambronne's wife as hostage and if Cambronne carries out his intentions, she will be shot.
(d) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Freeport at the moment.

4. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?
(a) His aide-de-camp.
(b) The English Diplomat to the United States.
(c) A distant relative of Hornblower who has a merchant fleet docked out of New Orleans.
(d) His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General.

5. Why is Hornblower in New Orleans?
(a) To meet up with his wife.
(b) To pay an official courtesy visit.
(c) To oversee the construction of a new frigate.
(d) To talk to a French general.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Captain Thomas Fell?

2. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?

3. Where does Hornblower have the Clorinda's mortar mounted?

4. What does Spendlove do as he recovers?

5. Where does Hornblower think he is?

(see the answer key)

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