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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. How does escape by river enhance their chance of success?
(a) They do not have to worry about food and water.
(b) Because they are traveling faster than a message can go overland.
(c) They are sailors and thus do better on water.
(d) They cannot be seen from shore because the river is so wide.

2. About what does Hornblower think all night?
(a) Maria.
(b) His son.
(c) Death.
(d) Laura.

3. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?
(a) Brown falls off the roof of the carriage and breaks his leg.
(b) Caillard is shot by a sniper.
(c) Hornblower receives a secret message.
(d) A winter storm sets in.

4. How many years has Brown been in the English navy?
(a) 6.
(b) 17.
(c) 26.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?

2. How are the men received?

3. How old is Brown?

4. How does Brown feel at dinner?

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

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