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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 many men were wounded?
(a) 33.
(b) 145.
(c) 580.
(d) 221.

2. What happens as weeks pass?
(a) Brown learns to speak fluent French.
(b) Bush fully recovers.
(c) Hornblower receives a letter from his wife.
(d) Bush is still very weak and bedridden.

3. What must the men discard?
(a) Their disguise as fishermen.
(b) Their supplies.
(c) Their boat.
(d) Their weapons.

4. Who hopes to face death with "colours flying"?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Bush.
(c) Hornblower's crew.
(d) Brown.

5. What disguise do the three men don?
(a) French peasants.
(b) Spanish peasants.
(c) That of Dutch customs officials.
(d) Dutch merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor do to help Bush?

2. What happens to his men daily?

3. How is Bush injured?

4. Why is the coach stopped frequently?

5. About what does Hornblower continue to worry?

(see the answer key)

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