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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the declaration of peace, the world has been at war for ___ years.
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twenty.

2. How is the Captain's physical appearance described?
(a) Having a big nose.
(b) Unshaven.
(c) Unkempt and seedy.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

3. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.
(a) Coleman and Pierce.
(b) Coleman and Booth.
(c) Hobbs and Pierce.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

4. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.
(b) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.
(c) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(d) The men would be punished for being idle.

5. Who would be left on the ship to take a watch while the landing party descends to the shore of Samana Bay?
(a) Hobbs.
(b) Carberry.
(c) Abbot.
(d) Wellard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years experience does Buckland have as an officer in the Royal Navy?

2. Hornblower becomes excited when getting glimpses of what alongside the ship?

3. _____ is made commander of the ship formerly named La Gaditana.

4. When Hornblower states that he wishes they were going into action rather than running away, Bush calls him a ________________.

5. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.

(see the answer key)

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