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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17, and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is Hornblower invited to dine?
(a) The Admiral of the Maltese fleet.
(b) The Captain of a Dutch merchant vessel.
(c) The chief of the predominant native tribe.
(d) The Governor.

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

3. What does Hornblower give Turner permission to do?
(a) Bribe the Governor.
(b) Kidnap the Mudir.
(c) Bribe the Mudir.
(d) Assassinate the Mudir.

4. What does Hornblower find when he returns to his hotel room?
(a) His wife is dead.
(b) His wife has returned to their home.
(c) His wife has had a baby girl.
(d) His wife is alive but the baby is dead.

5. What does Hornblower have Horrocks do?
(a) Start bailing.
(b) Take a small boat with the coffin to the next barge in line.
(c) Hold the tiller while two men repair the leak.
(d) Take a small boat to find a new barge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?

2. What is the route of the Hornblower family's vessel?

3. What happens to the horse driver?

4. Whose funeral procession is Hornblower charged with planning?

5. What is the horse driver doing?

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