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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara talk about while she is riding in a carriage with her husband before he departs?
(a) Her worries that he will not return.
(b) His son.
(c) Her plans during his absence.
(d) The preparations she has made.

2. What year does this book begin in?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1812.

3. What is the name of the ship leading the flotilla through the Sound?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Nonsuch.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Clam.

4. What is the name of the captain of the first ship entering the Sound?
(a) Vikrum.
(b) Victor.
(c) Vickery.
(d) Vickman.

5. What town does Hornblower live in when he is on land?
(a) Cheapside.
(b) Sussex,
(c) Smallbridge.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do in his room after receiving his orders from Richard Wellesley?

2. What is the source of the sound that worries Hornblower on his first day aboard?

3. What is the name of Hornblower's most trusted manservant?

4. What label does Hornblower give Braun after meeting him?

5. How does Hornblower dress his first morning on the ship?

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