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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?
(a) They leak too badly.
(b) They would then be contaminated.
(c) They don't have a big enough opening.
(d) They are full of grain.

2. What might Hornblower end up doing?
(a) Serving as First Lieutenant on an Admiral's flag ship.
(b) Retiring.
(c) Sitting ashore and watching the war pass him by.
(d) Having to take command in someplace like the West Indies.

3. What is positive about the cabin?
(a) It is private.
(b) It has a breeze wafting through it.
(c) It is large.
(d) It is exceedingly comfortable.

4. What does it seem Meadows has done?
(a) Nothing that any other captain wouldn't do.
(b) Ignored protocal.
(c) Made a navigational mistake.
(d) Deliberately ignore repeated warnings by Bush.

5. What command is Hornblower leaving?
(a) Hotspur.
(b) Leopard.
(c) Shannon.
(d) Exeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meadows call Baddlestone?

2. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?

3. What is Calder's assignment?

4. Why does Hornblower doubt the promise made to him?

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

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