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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. How does Bush react to Hornblower's teasing?
(a) Angry.
(b) Apologetic.
(c) With umbrage.
(d) With his own teasing.

2. What happens to Meadows?
(a) Thirty lashes.
(b) Stripped of rank and commission.
(c) Three years at hard labor.
(d) A reprimand.

3. For what does Meadows say he'd give up his prize money for five years?
(a) Orders to the West Indies.
(b) Orders off the Hotspur.
(c) A chance to spend more than a few days with his new wife.
(d) A chance to have Baddlestone as a sailor under his command.

4. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?
(a) It is very damp and smelly.
(b) The hoy only has one place to stand comfortably and that's where they ship's owner stands.
(c) The Captain will not give Hornblower quarters.
(d) She has no ballast and thus rides rough.

5. When is it likely the vessel will overtake the Princess?
(a) The next afternoon.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) Within an hour.
(d) Several days hence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?

2. Who is taking over command of the vessel Hornblower is leaving?

3. Who will be assisting Calder?

4. Why is Princess going against her course?

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

(see the answer key)

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