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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes easy to Brown?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Reading.
(c) Letting go of worry.
(d) Mastering almost any skill.

2. About what does Hornblower continue to worry?
(a) His escape plans.
(b) His wife.
(c) His position in the Navy.
(d) Why they are no longer searching for them.

3. What do the newspapers announce finally?
(a) That Brown and Bush only are offered amnesty.
(b) That the war is over.
(c) That only Hornblower is being offered amnesty.
(d) That Hornblower and his companions drown in an escape attempt.

4. Who gives chase to Hornblower's vessel?
(a) A French frigate.
(b) Three boats full of heavily-armed men.
(c) No one.
(d) An American frigate.

5. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?
(a) A little over a month.
(b) 16 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) About 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the searches?

2. What is the fleet commander's response to Hornblower's account?

3. What does Hornblower do the next morning after rescue?

4. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?

5. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?

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