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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Innkeeper do after the men are loaded into the coach?
(a) Asks for double the fee since Bush's illness kept other customers away.
(b) Slips Hornblower a note to tell him rescue is on the way.
(c) Tells Caillard he will pray for his hardened soul.
(d) Serves them ersatz coffee and breakfast.

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

3. What do the men encounter downriver?
(a) A patrol of ten mercenaries.
(b) One of the English spies that is following them.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A patrol of ten French soldiers.

4. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a French spy.
(b) That he is a French general.
(c) That he is a prisoner of war.
(d) That he is an English diplomat.

5. Why are they taken there?
(a) That is the only place the Comte will let them stay.
(b) To meet the rest of the familyl.
(c) To read up on the news.
(d) It is the warmest room in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has he not yet told Bush?

2. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?

3. How is Admiral Leighton's victory made possible?

4. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?

5. Where does Brown stay when Bush is sent off to bed?

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