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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 Hornblower hear in the distance?
(a) A shot.
(b) A crash.
(c) A fog horn.
(d) A scream.

2. Where does Hornblower play with his son?
(a) In his hotel room.
(b) In the hotel common room.
(c) In the nursery.
(d) He does not have time to see his son.

3. What is the horse driver doing?
(a) Drinking gin continually.
(b) Cruelly whipping the horses.
(c) Dozing on top of one of the horses.
(d) Singing in a loud voice.

4. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?
(a) Trying to engage Hornblower in conversation.
(b) Telling his crew to row harder.
(c) Telling the captain about the weakened pinion rudder.
(d) Keeping the boat completely in line.

5. What is the reason for the lack of flotsam?
(a) The larazette is metal and sinks.
(b) The sand minimizes impact to the ship.
(c) The ship's timbers have become completely waterlogged.
(d) The barrel focuses the explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose care is McCullum placed?

2. How many guns has the Castilla?

3. Why is Atropos forced to swing at anchor?

4. Why does Hornblower like the Mudir's suggestion?

5. How is the boat guided?

(see the answer key)

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