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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.
(a) I do not know, sir."
(b) "Someone must have pushed him."
(c) "I think he tripped on the ladder."
(d) "I think he must have overbalanced."

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

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

4. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?
(a) Silk.
(b) Bush.
(c) Whiting.
(d) Abbott.

5. How does one of the lieutenants die during the fort's attack on the Renown?
(a) He fell overboard.
(b) A shot cut him in two.
(c) He was shot through the heart.
(d) He was stabbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.

2. Smith is ranked __________.

3. Why does the Captain climb down the hatchway?

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

5. Captain Sawyer's attitude when he looks around the quarterdeck for the first time revolves around ______________.

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