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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hornblower believes shares a mutual attraction?
(a) Miss Hough and Mr. Sharpe.
(b) Spendlove and Miss Hower.
(c) Lucy Hough and Captain Fell.
(d) Lucy Hough, about seventeen-years-old, and Spendlove.

2. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?
(a) At Port-au-Prince.
(b) At Freeport.
(c) At Cuba's harbor of Guantanamo.
(d) On the open seas.

3. How is Ramsbottom behaving emotionally when Hornblower encounters him?
(a) Grieving the death of Bolívar.
(b) Joyful but nearly hysterical.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Uncommunicative.

4. Where does Ramsbottom say he is going to sail?
(a) To California around South America.
(b) Around Cape Horn.
(c) The Caribbean.
(d) The Cape Fear area.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cambronne express his anguish?

2. What does Hooper order?

3. What keeps the sea anchor bundled up until Estrella reaches top speed?

4. What is the ending scene in Chapter 4?

5. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?

(see the answer key)

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