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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Hough?
(a) One of the midshipmen on the Clorinda.
(b) A wealthy local businessman and Jamaican planter.
(c) Hornblower's quartermaster.
(d) The secretary to the English diplomat in Jamaica.

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

3. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?
(a) Nothing since it's not a slave ship.
(b) 1000 pounds.
(c) A citation and reassignment out of the tropics.
(d) 100 pounds.

4. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?
(a) Both Hornblower and Fell believe the Estrella is out of reach.
(b) Fell believes the Estrella is out of reach but Hornblower believes otherwise.
(c) Both Hornblower and Fell believe the Estrella can be taken without an ensuing problem.
(d) Hornblower believes the Estrella is out of reach but Fell believes otherwise.

5. Who goes into the pirate's caves with a white flag?
(a) Spendlove.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Hooper.
(d) Captain Fell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is San Juan problematic as far as the capture of Estrella del Sur?

2. What does Hornblower do when he hears Barbara's confession?

3. What does Sharpe observe about Cambronne's route?

4. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?

5. Where does Hornblower tie himself and Barbara?

(see the answer key)

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