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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. Of what is Hornblower convicted?
(a) Piracy.
(b) Unlawful impressment of French citizens.
(c) Unlawful imprisonment of French citizens.
(d) Spying.

2. Where does the coach slide?
(a) Off the elevated roadway and almost into the river.
(b) Into Napoleon's carriage.
(c) Into a mud bog.
(d) Into a huge tree.

3. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?
(a) The wife of his admiral and the love of his life.
(b) His wife's sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife's mother.

4. Where does Brown stay when Bush is sent off to bed?
(a) With the servants in the kitchen.
(b) In the parlour.
(c) In the servants's quarters.
(d) In the hayloft.

5. Why do the men have to stay inside?
(a) So their presence goes entirely undetected.
(b) They are not used to the bitter French winters.
(c) The weather is so bad most of the time.
(d) They go outside when it becomes Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Hornblower be shot immediately if caught?

2. What does the doctor do to help Bush?

3. How are the men received?

4. Who comes to the Count's residence?

5. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?

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