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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hornblower get angry with himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Hornblower hadn't eaten breakfast and was hungry.
(b) Hornblower let the shot get too hot in the furnace.
(c) Hornblower's men failed at hitting the first schooner.
(d) Hornblower yelled at his men.

2. What town is farther up the Bay from the battery?
(a) None of the answers are correct.
(b) Havana.
(c) Samaná.
(d) Savana.

3. Admiral Lambert renames La Gaditana the ________.
(a) Renegade.
(b) Conquerer.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Clara.

4. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?
(a) A map.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A canteen.

5. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.
(a) "Someone must have pushed him."
(b) "I think he must have overbalanced."
(c) I do not know, sir."
(d) "I think he tripped on the ladder."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the new Captain of the Renown?

2. While Bush fights off revolting Spanish prisoners, he is wounded _____ times and requires _____ stitches to secure the wounds.

3. Both Bush and Hornblower have _______ for breakfast after they have successfully taken the fort.

4. In what could hot shot be heated?

5. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.

(see the answer key)

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