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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. What does the kitchen make?
(a) Fancy breads and pastries.
(b) Fifty pounds of ship's biscuits.
(c) Cordon Bleu.
(d) Dried fruits and jerky.

2. What do the three men come to realize?
(a) They will probably escape.
(b) They all found Marie attractive.
(c) They have been gone from England for almost a year.
(d) They are close friends.

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

4. What is the Witch of Endor?
(a) The local apothecary.
(b) A Former English boat.
(c) An American merchant vessel.
(d) A captured pirate vessel.

5. What effect does the lack of sleep have on Hornblower?
(a) He gets seasick.
(b) He sees confused images in a dreamlike state.
(c) He almost loses control of the men.
(d) He almost orders the vessel to head in the wrong direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower visualize his wife?

2. What does Hornblower notice about Marie?

3. What happens as weeks pass?

4. How does Caillard respond?

5. When do the men escape?

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