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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.
(a) Dead, dumb.
(b) Dead, discharged.
(c) Done, discharged.
(d) Dumb, discharged.

3. _______ is killed by Spanish prisoners during their violent revolt on the Renown.
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Smith.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?

3. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?

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

5. Bush hadn't been to the Kingston station in _____ years.

(see the answer key)

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