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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?
(a) The vessel is full of dead men.
(b) The vessel is abandoned.
(c) The vessel is manned by insurrgents.
(d) The vessel is full of slaves.

2. How does Lucy Hough greet Hornblower?
(a) With indifference.
(b) With disdain.
(c) Effusive and confused.
(d) With veiled hostility.

3. What does Hooper order?
(a) A medal for Spendlove.
(b) Increased patrols along the coastal areas.
(c) A military strike on the pirate's redoubt.
(d) Breakfast for Spendlove.

4. For what activity does Ramsbottom have a penchant?
(a) Yachting in the military style.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Hurley.
(d) Polo.

5. What does Hornblower spend his time doing during the next two weeks after the dinner with Ramsbottom?
(a) Recovering from yellow fever.
(b) Recovering from malaria.
(c) Working through a pile of paperwork before leaving Jamaica.
(d) Drilling his squadron on the open seas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the waterfall end?

2. What ensures Fell's continued employment?

3. Who does Hornblower congratulate on the speed of his ship?

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

5. Where does Hornblower write a brief letter?

(see the answer key)

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