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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?
(a) One.
(b) All.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

2. Who makes a written statement about the Captain's fall?
(a) Wellard.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Bush.
(d) Corporal Greenwood.

3. Each cannon shot weighs _______________.
(a) 12 pounds.
(b) 8 pounds.
(c) 24 pounds.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

4. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) Coffee.
(b) An opiate.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Rum.

5. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.
(a) Legs.
(b) Head.
(c) Chest.
(d) Back.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.

2. The morning after his fall, why is the Captain restrained?

3. Why does Hornblower get angry with himself in Chapter 10?

4. Upon their arrival at Kingston, Buckland has an interview with _______.

5. Half the ________ trade comes up through the Bay.

(see the answer key)

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