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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caillard respond?
(a) He says he will give Bush one week to get better before they move on.
(b) He gives Bush 24 hours.
(c) He orders Bush executed immediately.
(d) He orders Bush readied for travel.

2. Why is the Count opposed to the current administration?
(a) All his sons are killed in the war.
(b) It is unjust.
(c) It is immoral.
(d) It is arbitrary.

3. After passing through Blois, Chaumont, Amboise, Tour, and Langeais, what does Brown announce?
(a) He is staying in France.
(b) He can smell the sea.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He married while in France.

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

5. Where does Frere take Hornblower?
(a) Back to Hornblower's estate.
(b) To lunch.
(c) His ship.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are two of the boats delayed at bit?

2. Who is commanding the English fleet that is attacking in the harbor?

3. Why does the third boat turn back?

4. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?

5. With what does Hornblower struggle?

(see the answer key)

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