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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eisenbeiss want to do for McCullum?
(a) Leave him at a larger island for better medical care.
(b) Find a shaman who will have the right herbal concoction.
(c) Remove the bullet surgically.
(d) Let him die.

2. Where is McCullum?
(a) In a small boat headed to the mainland.
(b) On the ship.
(c) Dead.
(d) In a hospital on the mainland.

3. What does Hornblower do on the lengthy voyage to Gibraltar?
(a) Drill his crew.
(b) Study celestial navigation.
(c) Write his memoirs.
(d) Teach his midshipmen about currents.

4. What does Hornblower realize when he comes aboard the London brig?
(a) That a French prize crew is on board.
(b) That the rigging is tangled.
(c) That there is no one on board.
(d) That the English crew is tied up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other information does Turner obtain?

2. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?

3. Where does Atropos go after discharging the treasure?

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

5. How does Hornblower gain information from McCullum?

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