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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower arrange to be brought on board?
(a) The judge for the court martial of a crewmember.
(b) A commissioner.
(c) Powder, shot and water.
(d) His own cook.

2. What is a wherry?
(a) A rowed craft.
(b) A flat ferry barge.
(c) A cross between a horse and a special type of donkey.
(d) An animal similar to a cow.

3. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?
(a) A court martial.
(b) A hearing of advisement.
(c) His wife's birthing.
(d) A party hosted by the king.

4. What does Hornblower order?
(a) For the Atropos to maintain absolute silence.
(b) His gig lowered.
(c) For Atropos to head out to open seas.
(d) For the Prince to climb aloft.

5. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?
(a) Half the crew have smallpox.
(b) Their orders have not yet arrived.
(c) They are short 20 topmen, water, food, powder and shot.
(d) The Prince has not yet arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower find when he returns to his hotel room?

2. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?

3. How long would the overland passage have been that Hornblower just traveled by boat in less than a day?

4. Who is William McCullum?

5. How is Hornblower when he meets St. Vincent?

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