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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bush feel when the Captain accuses him of something untrue?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Puzzled and a little hurt.

2. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.
(a) Mr. Booth's whip.
(b) Mr. Booth's silver-mounted cane.
(c) Captain Sawyer's leather strap.
(d) Captain Sawyer's silver-mounted cane.

3. Mr. Lomax is ______________.
(a) A volunteer.
(b) The purser.
(c) The ship surgeon.
(d) A midshipman.

4. Which sailor(s) on the ship have a higher rank than Junior Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower?
(a) Smith.
(b) Sawyer.
(c) Bush.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says of Wellard, "He knows nothing, sir. He doesn't know the bobstay from the spanker-boom."?

2. What rank is Bush on the ship?

3. Smith is ranked __________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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