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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Corporal of the Guard relieve the sentry outside the Captain's door?
(a) Four bells.
(b) Two bells.
(c) Six bells.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

2. Which shipman dies during the fort's attack on the ship?
(a) Wellard.
(b) Buckland.
(c) Smith.
(d) Roberts.

3. What are all midshipmen trained NOT to do?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Put their hands in their pockets.
(c) Swear.
(d) Drink too much rum.

4. What is found in the Captain's locked desk?
(a) Letters.
(b) Bottles of rum.
(c) Journals.
(d) Orders.

5. Who takes part in a secret meeting at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Hornblower, Bush, Smith, and Buckland.
(b) Hornblower and Bush.
(c) Hornblower, Smith, and Bush.
(d) Hornblower, Bush, Roberts, and Buckland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.

2. How much of his pay has Bush been giving his sisters since he first joined the Royal Navy?

3. It becomes known to the reader that Whiting ________ during the prisoners' rebellion.

4. Hornblower is in charge of the ships by commanding the largest called _________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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