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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What increases around the destroyed semaphore?
(a) French army battalions.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Ships of war.
(d) Guards.

2. What is shot at the Hotspur while it is trying to help the Grasshopper?
(a) Cannon shot.
(b) Oil bombs.
(c) Flaming arrows.
(d) Mortars.

3. What causes the Grasshopper to be bested?
(a) It is poorly handled.
(b) It is weighed down.
(c) It takes on water.
(d) It runs aground.

4. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?
(a) He cannot understand French.
(b) He is on the other side of the ship.
(c) He is tone deaf.
(d) He is colorblind.

5. Where will the story of Hornblower's success be published?
(a) The Continental Journal.
(b) The Minutes of the Navy.
(c) The Gazette.
(d) The War Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower and his crew spend the first summer at war doing?

2. What kind of ship is the Grasshopper?

3. How did Grimes die?

4. What kind of ship is the Loire?

5. What ship captured the Clorinde?

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