View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower relieved to be doing at the end of the day?
(a) Having dinner with Bush.
(b) Going to a ball.
(c) Meeting with his new crew.
(d) Going to sleep.

2. How long does Hornblower figure the voyage will take?
(a) A month and a half.
(b) 5-12 days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) 3 days.

3. What does Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Two English spies following the coach.
(c) An English ship off the coast.
(d) A rowboat.

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

5. What convinces Hornblower in his bright future?
(a) His own optimism.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Looking into his young son's captivating brown eyes.
(d) Sir Gambria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Hornblower be shot immediately if caught?

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

3. What does Hornblower encounter as he and Frere are traveling?

4. Who attends to Bush's stump?

5. What must the men discard?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample