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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of ship is the Flame?
(a) Eighteen-gun brig.
(b) Twenty-four gun brig.
(c) East Indian merchant ship.
(d) A French gunboat.

2. What does Hornblower do with the Flame's mutinous crew?
(a) He puts them back under Lieutenant Chadwick's control.
(b) He sends them all back to the England for a court martial.
(c) He pardons forty of them.
(d) He has them all imprisoned in the brig.

3. What is Horatio Hornblower's rank?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Admiral.
(c) Captain.
(d) Commodore.

4. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) Sixty cavalry.
(b) Three hundred marines.
(c) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.
(d) 10 cannons.

5. How many ships does Admiral Pellew send as reinforcement?
(a) Three.
(b) He doesn't send ships, he just sends men.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?

2. What does Hornblower do with Lieutenant Chadwick?

3. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

4. What does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?

5. What does Lieutenant Freeman offer to do for the other captains?

(see the answer key)

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