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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 do in the reading room?
(a) Reviews several weeks' worth of newspapers.
(b) Reads the notice of his escape.
(c) Talks with Marie about her life there.
(d) Falls asleep in the chair.

2. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(b) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.
(c) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.
(d) That gangrene has set into the stump.

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

4. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?
(a) The French robbed the English.
(b) The French put Hornblower and the other officers in the dungeon.
(c) The French kill any seriously wounded Englishmen.
(d) The French whip Hornblower in front of his and their men.

5. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?
(a) He was ordered into battle under terrible odds.
(b) He is considered a hero and no one minds the loss of one ship.
(c) He has recovered many French ships for the British.
(d) He has enough money to replace it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?

2. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?

3. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?

4. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?

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

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