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

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

3. Where do the men spend their first night in France?
(a) Etiennen.
(b) Cerbère.
(c) Calysos.
(d) Rosas.

4. What happens when Hornblower withdraws the final ligature from Bush's stump?
(a) Brown faints while watching.
(b) The wound bleeds and oozes pus.
(c) Bush faints.
(d) The wound immediately appears better.

5. Who shares the interviewer's lack of concern for the welfare of those under his supervision?
(a) Leighton.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Suarez.
(d) Hornblower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?

2. What does the doctor tell Caillard?

3. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?

4. Why is the coach stopped frequently?

5. What comes easy to Brown?

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