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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Hornblower's ship?
(a) It is torched by the English.
(b) It is towed by the English out to sea.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is torched by the French.

2. What is frightening that the men encounter?
(a) Ice floes.
(b) Rapids.
(c) Large whales.
(d) French patrol boats.

3. What does Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?
(a) Two English spies following the coach.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An English ship off the coast.
(d) A rowboat.

4. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a French general.
(b) That he is a prisoner of war.
(c) That he is an English diplomat.
(d) That he is a French spy.

5. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends to Bush's stump?

2. What rank are Bush and Brown?

3. Who shares the interviewer's lack of concern for the welfare of those under his supervision?

4. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?

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

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