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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Captain of the hoy transferring Hornblower?
(a) Jones.
(b) Japes.
(c) Baddlestone.
(d) Bradwell.

2. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Happy.
(d) Content.

3. What do Hornblower and Bush both desire to avoid while saying their goodbyes?
(a) Bringing up some past unpleasantness.
(b) Acknowledging why Hornblower is leaving.
(c) Sentiment.
(d) Letting the crew thing the two men are friends.

4. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?
(a) Baddlestone.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Cornwallis.
(d) Bush.

5. What does Baddlestone do to the French sailors who are pouring out from below deck?
(a) Shoots the lead men with his pistol to slow the others down.
(b) Throws oil on the deck to make them slip up.
(c) Gives them a cheerful wave.
(d) Shoots them with a nine pounder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what has Hornblower made the crew of the Hotspur?

2. What has Hornblower been promised?

3. Why is the packet weighted?

4. What does Hornblower examine aboard the Princess?

5. What frightens Hornblower about getting on the Princess?

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