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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hotspur's new commander look like?
(a) Burly and quite tall.
(b) Average height with a full, bushy red bed.
(c) Short and extremely muscular.
(d) Short and mousy.

2. What is the Hotspur blockading?
(a) A French squadron.
(b) A French merchant fleet.
(c) A Dutch merchant fleet.
(d) A Dutch squadron.

3. Who is taking over command of the vessel Hornblower is leaving?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Cornwallis.
(c) Meadows.
(d) Bush.

4. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?
(a) Bush.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Percival.
(d) Masters.

5. What does Bush signal to the captain of the Princess as Meadows is reading orders?
(a) To lift the gangplank.
(b) To hand up the water hoses.
(c) To stay quiet.
(d) To start pumping the water into the bilges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meadows call Baddlestone?

2. How do Hornblower's men send him off?

3. Who is the Captain of the hoy transferring Hornblower?

4. To whom is Hornblower wishing luck at the opening of the novel?

5. Why can't Baddlestone or his men be pressed?

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