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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hornblower's Temptation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower suggest to Baddlestone about the papers from the French brig?
(a) That he should burn them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That they should be turned over to the admiralty.
(d) That he should try to get a good price for them.

2. Where does Hotspur run aground?
(a) It does not run aground.
(b) On the French shore no where close to a town.
(c) Black Rock.
(d) Somewhere near Gibraltar.

3. Who will be assisting Calder?
(a) The 3rd Navy's fleet.
(b) The fleet under the command of Cornwallis.
(c) The Channel fleet.
(d) No one.

4. To what is Hornblower summoned?
(a) Dinner with the Admiral.
(b) The annual planning council.
(c) A debriefing.
(d) A court martial.

5. What is passing by as Hornblower comes up on the deck of the Princess?
(a) An American privateer.
(b) A French privateer.
(c) A pod of whales.
(d) A large English fleet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Hornblower been promised?

2. What does Hornblower decide to do with the sea chest?

3. What does Hornblower find in a secret compartment in the chest?

4. What does Baddlestone do to the French sailors who are pouring out from below deck?

5. How is the water-hoy built?

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