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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Hornblower survive on when his personal stores are gone?
(a) The ship's stores.
(b) What he catches.
(c) Ale and cheese.
(d) Bread and tack.

2. What has caused Hornblower to be away from sea for so long at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Peace of Amiens.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His formal training.
(d) The end of the war.

3. Where has Maria sailed from to visit Hornblower?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Paris.
(d) Portsmouth.

4. What do the men on the ship have to man three out of four hours during the storms?
(a) The forecastle.
(b) The water pumps.
(c) The cannons.
(d) The crow's nest.

5. What is the downside of the success at the Semaphore?
(a) A last message got through.
(b) Many Englishmen died.
(c) They could not destroy the code.
(d) The French caught them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the weather when the Hotspur runs low on water?

2. Why do the French merchant ships stay close to the shore?

3. What is so shocking to Hornblower about the announcement from Cornwallis?

4. What begins to fall apart when Hornblower has been at sea for six months?

5. How does the English fleet feel about the semaphore?

(see the answer key)

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