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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 Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?
(a) An English ship off the coast.
(b) A rowboat.
(c) Two English spies following the coach.
(d) Nothing.

2. How is Bush injured?
(a) He loses a foot and three fingers.
(b) He loses a foot.
(c) He is unscathed.
(d) He loses one eye and his arm.

3. About what does Hornblower fret when in Rosas?
(a) If the Spanish will decide to float an Armada.
(b) The fate of his wife Maria.
(c) Why he has not yet been rescued.
(d) Whether the Dutch will join with Napoleon.

4. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

5. At what does Hornblower marvel?
(a) The beauty of the countryside while Hornblower travels towards his death.
(b) Bush's incredible constitution.
(c) At how bitter and hostile Caillard is.
(d) The way Brown handles all the tasks necessary to the comfort of Hornblower and Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hornblower thrown into the water?

2. What does Hornblower do in the reading room?

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

4. How many years has Brown been in the English navy?

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

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