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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 his men daily?
(a) They are put on exhibit for the scorn and ridicule of the local populace.
(b) They continue to die of their wounds.
(c) They are flogged and tortured.
(d) They are forced into extremely crowded cells.

2. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?
(a) Speaking on equal terms with Hornblower.
(b) Tending to Bush's wound.
(c) Traveling outside of England.
(d) Eating at a table with china and silverware.

3. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) First and second mate.
(b) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.
(c) First mate and Steward.
(d) Both midshipmen.

4. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?
(a) The French robbed the English.
(b) The French whip Hornblower in front of his and their men.
(c) The French kill any seriously wounded Englishmen.
(d) The French put Hornblower and the other officers in the dungeon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Innkeeper do after the men are loaded into the coach?

2. Who does Hornblower talk to after the English leave?

3. What happens when Hornblower withdraws the final ligature from Bush's stump?

4. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?

5. What does the doctor tell Caillard?

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