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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Making a fist and touching the forehead.
(b) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.
(c) Holding up four fingers.
(d) Givinig a wolf whistle.

2. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) A midshipman.
(b) Nathaniel Sweet.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) No one meets Hornblower.

3. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.
(b) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.
(c) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.
(d) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.

4. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?
(a) Sail on the Flame's sister ship.
(b) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.
(c) Pay for passage aboard an American ship to France and then make his way overland.
(d) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.

5. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?
(a) Chadwick's signed confession.
(b) Letters and promises from the French.
(c) New orders from the Admiralty.
(d) The crews' injuries from the constant flogging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?

2. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?

3. What type of ship is a French West Indiaman?

4. What does the crew of the Flame want?

5. Why does Lord St. Vincent leave the church service?

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