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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.
(a) Coleman.
(b) Hobbs.
(c) Clive.
(d) Booth.

2. While Bush fights off revolting Spanish prisoners, he is wounded _____ times and requires _____ stitches to secure the wounds.
(a) 9; 35.
(b) 9; 53.
(c) 11; 35.
(d) 11; 53.

3. In what could hot shot be heated?
(a) Battery on a ship.
(b) Battery on land.
(c) Kiln on a ship.
(d) Kiln on land.

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

5. What does Hornblower say while watching an enemy ship being consumed by fire?
(a) "Good riddance."
(b) "Nasty sight."
(c) "Ahoy, there!"
(d) "Brilliant!"

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.

3. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.

4. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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