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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Last Encounter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baddlestone turn the papers over to Hornblower?
(a) Baddlestone does not want to deal with them.
(b) Baddlestone does not know how to go about getting them to the right people.
(c) Baddlestone suggests that Hornblower will gain prestige by presenting them.
(d) Baddlestone is afraid of getting pressed into service.

2. What has Richard given Hornblower?
(a) A new suit coat.
(b) Grandchildren.
(c) A box at the horse tracks.
(d) A young colt.

3. What do they need to implement Hornblower's suggestion?
(a) Permission from the Admiralty.
(b) Permission from the King.
(c) Permission from the Prince of Wales.
(d) A forger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Hornblower?

3. Who huddles below deck?

4. What frightens Hornblower about getting on the Princess?

5. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?

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