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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the lead barge?
(a) It spins sideways.
(b) It rams an underwater obstacle.
(c) It sinks in under a minute.
(d) It springs a leak.

2. What angers some of the onlookers?
(a) That the barge sinks with the coffin onboard.
(b) That the coffin falls and cracks open.
(c) Hornblower's breach in protocol.
(d) Nothing because they can see the problem.

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

4. Where do the Hornblowers leave the canal boat?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Piccadilly.
(c) Brentford.
(d) Bennington.

5. What is the horse driver doing?
(a) Cruelly whipping the horses.
(b) Drinking gin continually.
(c) Singing in a loud voice.
(d) Dozing on top of one of the horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boat arrive at the Thames River proper?

2. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?

3. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?

4. What does Hornblower do at the end of the day of loading Atropos?

5. Who is driving horses?

(see the answer key)

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