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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Captain climb down the hatchway?
(a) To follow Wellard.
(b) To catch the mutineers.
(c) To secure some more rum.
(d) To get some exercise.

3. Who is the officer on watch during the Captain's reading?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Bush.

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

5. Who says of Wellard, "He knows nothing, sir. He doesn't know the bobstay from the spanker-boom."?
(a) Mr. Booth.
(b) Bush.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Buckland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mr. Lomax is ______________.

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

4. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

5. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?

(see the answer key)

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