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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. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?
(a) They know it is an English safe house.
(b) They plan to kill the occupants and hide out.
(c) They will bribe the owner for help.
(d) They will freeze to death otherwise.

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

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

4. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?
(a) Broken in two.
(b) Polished and sharpened.
(c) Polished.
(d) Hilt-less tang and the blade's gilding scraped off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Colonel decide to go ahead with the transport of Bush and Hornblower despite Bush's injuries?

2. Who interviews Hornblower?

3. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?

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

5. In what way does Hornblower answer the Count?

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