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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the coach stopped frequently?
(a) So Hornblower can argue with Caillard.
(b) So Bush can rest.
(c) So the soldiers can clear a way through the forest.
(d) To clear the horses' hooves.

2. What do the men encounter downriver?
(a) One of the English spies that is following them.
(b) A patrol of ten French soldiers.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A patrol of ten mercenaries.

3. How long does Hornblower figure the voyage will take?
(a) A month and a half.
(b) 5-12 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) Three weeks.

4. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) A local physician.
(b) Brown.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Calais.

5. Why does the Count live in London?
(a) He loves London.
(b) He is the French diplomat to England.
(c) As an exile.
(d) His wife is English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?

2. Why does Hornblower choose Brown instead of his actual steward to make the journey to Paris with him?

3. What does Hornblower find envious about Brown?

4. Who interviews Hornblower?

5. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?

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