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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Count live in London?
(a) As an exile.
(b) He is the French diplomat to England.
(c) His wife is English.
(d) He loves London.

3. What worries Hornblower about their eventual arrival home?
(a) Whether he will be given another command.
(b) A court martial for the loss of his ship.
(c) Whether Barbara will still be interested in him.
(d) If his wife is still waiting for him.

4. How many years has Brown been in the English navy?
(a) 26.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 17.

5. What do the men encounter downriver?
(a) A patrol of ten French soldiers.
(b) One of the English spies that is following them.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A patrol of ten mercenaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fleet commander's response to Hornblower's account?

2. What does Bush have great difficulty doing?

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

4. Why do the men have to stay inside?

5. About what does Hornblower fret when in Rosas?

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