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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the pintle?
(a) It slews the ship sideways.
(b) It breaks in two.
(c) It hold fast.
(d) It is jerked out of the hull.

2. Who comes into the room when Hooper and Hornblower are having breakfast?
(a) Captain Fell.
(b) Mr. Hough.
(c) Spendlove.
(d) Lucy.

3. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?
(a) The Tobago Channel.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) St. Helena.
(d) The Straits of Magellan.

4. Where does the waterfall end?
(a) In the ocean.
(b) A few feet down into a shallow stream.
(c) It is impossible to tell from where Hornblower is sitting.
(d) In a deep pool and river at the base of the cliff.

5. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?
(a) He is grabbed, gagged and dragged off at knifepoint.
(b) He encounters the captain of the Estrella who punches him out.
(c) He faints from the heat.
(d) He is surrounded by a group of young women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hooper order?

2. What does Johnson want of Hornblower?

3. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?

4. What does Hornblower do after lunch?

5. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?

(see the answer key)

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