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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?
(a) A parrot.
(b) Four servants.
(c) Extensive baggage.
(d) Four monkeys.

2. What is discovered about many of the casks of meat on board the Atropos?
(a) They are much better quality than usual.
(b) They are inedible.
(c) They are tough, tasteless but useable.
(d) The rats ate them.

3. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?
(a) Telling his crew to row harder.
(b) Trying to engage Hornblower in conversation.
(c) Telling the captain about the weakened pinion rudder.
(d) Keeping the boat completely in line.

4. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?
(a) Old Ben.
(b) London Bridge.
(c) The London tower.
(d) The Crossroads guard.

5. What does Hornblower decide to pursue?
(a) A Spanish privateer.
(b) A French privateer.
(c) The band of nomads who robs the Atropos.
(d) Salvaging.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast does the boat move?

2. From where has the Prince fled?

3. To whom does Hornblower whisper an explanation?

4. What sort of affect does Hornblower maintain?

5. Where does Eisenbeiss think the bullet is lodged?

(see the answer key)

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