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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 does Hornblower do at the end of the day of loading Atropos?
(a) Goes home to say goodbye to Maria and his family.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Goes to a tavern with several officers.
(d) Goes to retrieve the Prince from his quarters.

2. How is the vessel upon which the Hornblower family rides propelled?
(a) Towed.
(b) Sails.
(c) Steam.
(d) Rowing.

3. What does Hornblower find stressful?
(a) Guiding the boat through a series of staunches.
(b) His infant son's constant crying.
(c) His wife's disapproval.
(d) The extreme heat.

4. Who is Doctor Eisenbeiss?
(a) The doctor who treats Hornblower's children's smallpox.
(b) The King's physician.
(c) The Royal Navy Admiralty's physician.
(d) The new surgeon for the Atropos.

5. What does the Mudir use as a reason that the Atropos should stay longer?
(a) The townspeople are worried about marauders.
(b) A plague.
(c) Food is coming in by overland caravan.
(d) Pirates nearby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?

3. What does Hornblower order?

4. Where does Eisenbeiss think the bullet is lodged?

5. What is discovered about many of the casks of meat on board the Atropos?

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