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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. How does Caillard respond?
(a) He orders Bush executed immediately.
(b) He says he will give Bush one week to get better before they move on.
(c) He orders Bush readied for travel.
(d) He gives Bush 24 hours.

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

3. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?
(a) His wife's sister.
(b) The wife of his admiral and the love of his life.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife's mother.

4. What happens when Hornblower withdraws the final ligature from Bush's stump?
(a) Brown faints while watching.
(b) Bush faints.
(c) The wound immediately appears better.
(d) The wound bleeds and oozes pus.

5. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?
(a) In a French prison.
(b) In a Spanish prison.
(c) In a Dutch prison.
(d) In Tahiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brown feel at dinner?

2. With what does Hornblower struggle?

3. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?

4. What does Hornblower notice about Marie?

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

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