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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

2. What have the men reached?
(a) The lake into which the river flows.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) The tidewater.
(d) England.

3. Why must the men exhibit extreme caution now?
(a) There is a battle going on nearby.
(b) They are free of France and do not need to be cautious any more.
(c) Napoleon's agents routinely patrol this area.
(d) There are posters of them hung on the town's boards.

4. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 16 days.
(c) About 10 days.
(d) A little over a month.

5. How does the riverbed change?
(a) From dark silt to light sand.
(b) From sand to large rocks and boulders.
(c) From sand to gravel.
(d) From heavy rock to gravel to sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hopes to face death with "colours flying"?

2. How many sons does the Count have?

3. When does the Count think it will be safe to escape?

4. What offer by the Count does Hornblower decline?

5. Why do the men have to stay inside?

(see the answer key)

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