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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. How many guns has the Castilla?
(a) 36.
(b) 10.
(c) 72.
(d) 44.

2. What fascinates Hornblower on the trip?
(a) The way the boat is constructed.
(b) The various types of terrain they pass.
(c) The way the scrawny mules are able to pull so much weight.
(d) The way the sails are manipulated.

3. Why does the boat carry a long scythe blade at her prow?
(a) To cut the tow lines in an emergency.
(b) Because her captain is authorized to cut any boat that fails to yield.
(c) In case the boat is attacked.
(d) To cut through the thick weeds that grow in the water.

4. What does the King announce that confuses Hornblower?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The flawless funeral procession.
(c) That Atropos is to be commanded by someone else.
(d) A reference about Hornblower's command and His Serene Highness.

5. Where does Atropos go after discharging the treasure?
(a) The Straits of Magellan.
(b) In search of Collingwood's fleet.
(c) The coast off of Brest.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size guns does the other English frigate bear?

2. What does the Mudir suggest?

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

4. What does Hornblower have done to the man who fell overboard while climbing the rigging without permission?

5. Who is the one officer Hornblower remembers clearly?

(see the answer key)

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