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

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

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

4. What happens to the Helmond's artillery guns?
(a) They are given to the Spanish forces.
(b) They are offloaded several days earlier.
(c) They were sunk so the rebels could not use them.
(d) They are still on the Helmond.

5. What will break the restraint on the sea anchor?
(a) The Clorinda will fire a cannon.
(b) A built-in cutting edge.
(c) Water pressure and flow.
(d) The paper will dissolve with some time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower spend his time doing during the next two weeks after the dinner with Ramsbottom?

2. Who is the Estrella del Sur?

3. What does Hornblower connive to do?

4. What does Cambronne bewail?

5. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?

(see the answer key)

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