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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wellard is a ____________.
(a) Purser.
(b) Volunteer.
(c) Stow away.
(d) Junior Lieutenant.

2. What is the consequence for being caught speaking mutinously in secret?
(a) Court-marshal.
(b) Being thrown overboard.
(c) Walking the plank.
(d) Death by hanging.

3. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.
(a) This far away from England before.
(b) As far south as this before.
(c) As far north as this before.
(d) This close to the West Indies before.

4. Who is the ship surgeon?
(a) Pierce.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Whiting.
(d) Clive.

5. Buckland, as acting Captain, seems to be quite ______________.
(a) Angry.
(b) Inexperienced.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?

2. How is the ship's original course altered once the new orders are given?

3. Which ship is Bush serving on prior to his current employment?

4. After three days at sea, Bush knows he feels what?

5. What does Hornblower do on the quarterdeck?

(see the answer key)

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