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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 will freeze to death otherwise.
(b) They know it is an English safe house.
(c) They will bribe the owner for help.
(d) They plan to kill the occupants and hide out.

2. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?
(a) England across the sound.
(b) The execution of some spies.
(c) His men being put to work as laborers.
(d) The ruined and dismasted wreck of his ship.

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

4. How does Brown feel at dinner?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Self-conscious.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Confused.

5. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) A local physician.
(b) Calais.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?

2. What does Hornblower find envious about Brown?

3. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?

4. How is Bush injured?

5. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?

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