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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?
(a) 704.
(b) 740.
(c) 440.
(d) 770.

2. Buckland's _______ is apparent to the ship's crew.
(a) Indecision.
(b) Intent.
(c) Incoherence.
(d) Insensibility.

3. The Captain orders _______ and _______ to report properly dressed when every watch is called.
(a) Bush and Hornblower.
(b) Bush and Buckland.
(c) Bush and Roberts.
(d) Bush and Wellard.

4. How does one of the lieutenants die during the fort's attack on the Renown?
(a) He was shot through the heart.
(b) He fell overboard.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) A shot cut him in two.

5. To what does the 19th Article pertain?
(a) Consequences of starting fights onboard.
(b) Treatment of prisoners.
(c) The consequences of spying.
(d) The consequences of mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Colonel Ortega try to scare the British from staying at the Spanish fort?

2. It had been years since Bush had seen ________, but he paid no attention to them.

3. ________ is not one of Bush's strong points.

4. Which shipman dies during the fort's attack on the ship?

5. Who gives the orders for the ship to be dispatched?

(see the answer key)

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