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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the governor tell Hornblower as he makes port?
(a) That Napoleon has died.
(b) That Madam Cambronne is under the protection of the Americans.
(c) That Hornblower's wife's boat sank.
(d) The the Daring sinks with all hands lost.

2. What is the name of the present flagship?
(a) The Java.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The Leopard.
(d) The Crab.

3. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?
(a) At General Layfayette's estate.
(b) At Cambronne's estate.
(c) At the New Orleans officer club.
(d) At Sharpe's estate.

4. What does Hornblower conclude Cambronne intends to do?
(a) Aid the rebellion in Bolivia.
(b) Free Napoleon.
(c) Attack the British crown colony of Barbados.
(d) Aid the rebellion in the West Indies by the slaves.

5. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?
(a) The ability of the United States to regulate their merchants.
(b) Sharpe's good intentions.
(c) The motives of Johnson.
(d) The mission of the Daring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower instruct the men of the Crab to do?

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

3. How does Hornblower's flagship reach New Orleans?

4. Of what does Cambronne's cargo consist?

5. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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