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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hornblower read the letter aloud?
(a) He wants to make sure it sounds good.
(b) He does not read the letter aloud.
(c) Johnson is checking Hornblower's honesty.
(d) None of the pirates can read.

2. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?
(a) Cape Horn.
(b) The Straits of Magellan.
(c) The Tobago Channel.
(d) St. Helena.

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

4. How does Hornblower confound the foreign embassies and get them off his ship?
(a) Using his command of rhetoric and dialogue.
(b) He is unwilling to speak to the officials when the boat over to the Clorinda.
(c) By telling them he will not hesitate to fire upon their vessels.
(d) By giving them many contradictory statements.

5. Where does Hornblower have the Clorinda's mortar mounted?
(a) On a light boat.
(b) On the fighting bridges.
(c) On a mule-drawn wagon.
(d) On the bridge wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy Hough greet Hornblower?

2. How does Hornblower board the Crab?

3. When Cambronne sets sail, what does he employ?

4. Who does Hornblower believes shares a mutual attraction?

5. Why does Hornblower advise against Hooper's plan as far as the pirates are concerned?

(see the answer key)

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