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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 alarms Hornblower about the travel?
(a) The way the French soldiers stay so close to the carriage.
(b) The speed at which they are traveling.
(c) The fact that the people are so hostile to the Englishmen.
(d) The bumps that cause Bush terrible agony.

2. What is the name of the ship Hornblower loses?
(a) Java.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Leopard.
(d) Sutherland.

3. What is remarkable about Hornblower and the battle?
(a) He could not see because of an eye injury yet still conducted the battle as commander.
(b) He escapes uninjured.
(c) He is able to kill or wound 10 of the French crew himself alone.
(d) His ship is virtually uninjured.

4. What is the atmosphere in France because of Napoleon's reign?
(a) Confused.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joyousness.

5. How old is Brown?
(a) 17.
(b) 44.
(c) 28.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?

2. What do they do with Caillard?

3. Why do Hornblower and Brown have to drag the boat free?

4. How does escape by river enhance their chance of success?

5. What do the men encounter downriver?

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