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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower forced to admit?
(a) That he had an excellent chart which was in his private collection.
(b) That he used a local pilot most of the time.
(c) That he guided the Hotspur successfully for two years in its assigned area.
(d) That he almost grounded several times.

2. What is watch and watch?
(a) A high alert when the French fleet is near.
(b) A game played among the enlisted men.
(c) Four hours sleeping in hammocks and four on deck.
(d) A way of passing the time by dropping sounding lines.

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

4. Who is better informed than Hornblower?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Baddlestone.
(c) No one.
(d) Bush.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Baddlestone ask of Hornblower immediately upon Hornblower's arrival on the Princess?

3. What do Hornblower and Bush both desire to avoid while saying their goodbyes?

4. What kind of ship is it that they see?

5. What does Hornblower think to himself about Bush?

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