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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of situation is occurring in Santo Domingo?
(a) Complicated political situation.
(b) Racial rebellion.
(c) Disaster brewing.
(d) Political upheaval.

2. Complete Hornblower's quote: "With the fort in our hands, we can deal with the __________ up the bay."
(a) Privateers.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Rebellious slaves.
(d) French.

3. Horatio suggests that they use a ________ from the ship to attack the far end of the bay.
(a) Twenty-four-pounder.
(b) Twelve-pounder.
(c) Thirthy-pounder.
(d) Nine-pounder.

4. Each cannon shot weighs _______________.
(a) 12 pounds.
(b) 24 pounds.
(c) 8 pounds.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

5. With whom does Bush spend three weeks between employments?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother and sisters.
(d) His mother and father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Hornblower, "How did the captain come to fall down the hatchway?" at the end of Chapter 8?

2. Bush reflects that he moves slower than Hornblower during the landing party's attack on the fort because Bush has a ________________.

3. After their retreat, what is Hornblower's proposed plan?

4. At each corner of the fort there is a small ________.

5. The HMS Renown has ______ guns.

(see the answer key)

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