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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many shipmen are killed and wounded during the H.M.S. Renown's defeat at Samaná Bay?
(a) 9 killed; 20 wounded.
(b) 20 killed; 9 wounded.
(c) 2 killed; 19 wounded.
(d) 9 killed; 2 wounded.

2. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Coffee.
(c) An opiate.
(d) Rum.

3. What word is difficult for Hornblower to use when speaking with superior officers?
(a) Yes.
(b) Thank-you.
(c) Sir.
(d) Mutiny.

4. Bush reflects that he moves slower than Hornblower during the landing party's attack on the fort because Bush has a ________________.
(a) Headache.
(b) Powerful physique.
(c) Wounded leg.
(d) Side ache.

5. Who does Horatio request to be the messenger while off-ship?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Carberry.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Abbott.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Half the ________ trade comes up through the Bay.

3. At dinner, which officer keeps his mouth shut?

4. Buckland is ______ than most on the ship.

5. Horatio proposes that the landing party be made of ______________.

(see the answer key)

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