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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy do when she next sees Hornblower?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Gets hysterical and asks about Spendlove.
(c) Admits her love and devotion for him.
(d) Slaps him for abandoning Spendlove.

2. Who realizes immediately that the chase for Estrella del Sur is futile?
(a) Fell.
(b) Only Hornblower of everyone on board.
(c) Hornblower and Spendlove.
(d) No one.

3. Ultimately, what happens to the Estrella?
(a) It sinks.
(b) It is captured.
(c) Its captain burns it to the waterline.
(d) It manages to cut the sea anchor and get away.

4. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?
(a) Hornblower believes the Estrella is out of reach but Fell believes otherwise.
(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) Both Hornblower and Fell believe the Estrella is out of reach.

5. How does Johnson come across to Hornblower?
(a) As a wily fox.
(b) As a very bright and articulate man.
(c) As an illiterate and ignorant man, scarcely more than a savage idiot.
(d) As formal and disapproving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?

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

3. Where does Cambronne say the Daring will now sail?

4. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?

5. How is Hornblower's composure during the playing out of this drama with the Estrella del Sur?

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