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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. Who drives Hornblower into town after receiving the urgent message at the beginning of the book?
(a) Brown.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Green.

2. What label does Hornblower give Braun after meeting him?
(a) Fool.
(b) Genius.
(c) Refugee.
(d) Commodity.

3. Who notices from Hornblower's actions that something exciting will happen while passing through the Sound?
(a) Briggs.
(b) Brown.
(c) Braun.
(d) Bush.

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

5. Where does Hornblower place himself while traveling through the dangerous Sound?
(a) The first ship.
(b) A ship in the middle.
(c) The last ship.
(d) A ship on the outer edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many guns are on the Nonsuch?

2. What town does Hornblower live in when he is on land?

3. What do the town children do when Hornblower is introduced at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What is the name of the last ship of the flotilla to enter the Sound?

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