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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done with the barrel?
(a) Divers drop it close to the ship.
(b) Divers place it under the ship.
(c) Divers let it float above the ship.
(d) Divers pull it on a long rope into the ship's core.

2. What does Hornblower realize when he comes aboard the London brig?
(a) That a French prize crew is on board.
(b) That there is no one on board.
(c) That the English crew is tied up.
(d) That the rigging is tangled.

3. What does Hornblower do on the lengthy voyage to Gibraltar?
(a) Teach his midshipmen about currents.
(b) Write his memoirs.
(c) Drill his crew.
(d) Study celestial navigation.

4. How does Hornblower light the fuse?
(a) By dropping a live coal in the barrel.
(b) Through a hole in the barrel.
(c) By striking flint against the core.
(d) Through a long pipe.

5. Why are more reliable methods not tried first?
(a) They work much more slowly.
(b) McCullum needs to be there and he's not yet up to it.
(c) They are more expensive.
(d) They are more dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower have his crew do?

2. What does Hornblower assume about the Mudir's request?

3. What does Hornblower order?

4. What vessel does Hornblower encounter?

5. Where is Hornblower to proceed?

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