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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped Hudnutt escape?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Hudnutt escapes on his own.
(c) Cobb.
(d) Hooper.

2. Who does Hooper consider expendable?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Spendlove.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Hornblower.

3. What was the one thing Hornblower had not planned upon?
(a) That there would be so much cargo on the Estrella.
(b) The the sea anchor would cause the Estrella to keel over so badly.
(c) That the pintle would hold fast.
(d) That the pintle would be completely jerked off the ship.

4. What do Hornblower and Ramsbottom spend several evenings doing?
(a) Playing whist.
(b) Playing darts.
(c) Playing bridge.
(d) Playing chess.

5. What does Barbara request of her husband?
(a) That he decline reassignment.
(b) That he dismiss the Hudnutt case.
(c) That he investigate Hooper.
(d) That offer Ramsbottom passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower order Spendlove to do?

2. What does Hornblower's ship come about as he is cruising the coast?

3. What do ships-of-war gain from capturing slave ships?

4. To what is the sea anchor attached?

5. What is the implication of Ramsbottom's actions?

(see the answer key)

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