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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?
(a) A church service.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The Articles of War.
(d) Leviticus.

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

3. Who makes a written statement about the Captain's fall?
(a) Corporal Greenwood.
(b) Bush.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Hornblower.

4. Smith is ranked __________.
(a) 5th.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 3rd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.

2. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

3. Who is the first to say that the Captain has been hurt?

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

5. The word _______ strikes Bush's ear with special emphasis as the Captain reads.

(see the answer key)

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