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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Spendlove follows Hornblower's orders?
(a) The Estrella refuses to allow Spendlove to board.
(b) The bomb Spendlove plants fails to detonate.
(c) The warehouses along the docks accidentally catch fire.
(d) Fell relates the plan back to Hornblower.

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

3. How do the men of the Clorinda construct a large, truncated cone?
(a) With bailing wire and wool.
(b) With sail cloth and sparring.
(c) With sea sponges.
(d) With bailing wire and silk.

4. What is Hornblower's new flagship?
(a) Leopard.
(b) Java.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Clorinda.

5. What ensures Fell's continued employment?
(a) Hornblower's recommendation.
(b) Nothing, but he has plenty of money now.
(c) The success with the Estrella del Sur.
(d) Spendlove's recommendation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows the Estrella out of port?

2. What was the one thing Hornblower had not planned upon?

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

4. What does Hornblower connive to do?

5. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?

(see the answer key)

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