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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. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?
(a) In a French prison.
(b) In a Dutch prison.
(c) In a Spanish prison.
(d) In Tahiti.

2. How is Hornblower able to bluster his way onto the cutter he decides to steal?
(a) He pretends to have a missive from Napoleon.
(b) Because his Dutch rank on the uniform he is wearing is quite high.
(c) He is wearing a high-ranking French general's uniform.
(d) He pretends he is a new recruit.

3. What do they do with Caillard?
(a) Strip him of his clothing and force him to start walking down the road.
(b) Knock him out and tie him in the coach.
(c) Tie him and take him as a hostage.
(d) Kill him.

4. How does Caillard respond?
(a) He says he will give Bush one week to get better before they move on.
(b) He gives Bush 24 hours.
(c) He orders Bush executed immediately.
(d) He orders Bush readied for travel.

5. What does Hornblower do the next morning after rescue?
(a) Sets the men he captured afloat in a small boat.
(b) Delivers a more detailed accounting of their adventures.
(c) Asks for permission to sail to England.
(d) Visits the men whom he liberated and offers them service in the English navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the fleet commander assure Hornblower?

2. What does Hornblower learn about Leighton?

3. What does Hornblower observe about Marie's build?

4. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?

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

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