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

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

3. What is the Butcher's Bill?
(a) The list of needed provisions.
(b) The list of damage to the ship.
(c) The list of prisoners.
(d) The list of dead and wounded.

4. What causes the Hotspur to win the race with the Loire?
(a) The Hotspur unloads some weight.
(b) The Hotspur gets a good wind.
(c) The Loire falls into iron.
(d) The Loire turns to shore.

5. Why does Hornblower go to Plymouth?
(a) New supplies.
(b) A change of station.
(c) To train his crew.
(d) Repairs on his ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of ship is the Grasshopper?

2. How does Prowse feel during the chase by Loire?

3. Why is Hornblower unable to have eggs from his personal store?

4. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?

5. What does Hornblower teach Grimes to do?

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