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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Negotiate with the French who capture the ship.
(b) Take command and go on a covert mission.
(c) Deliver secret orders to the current captain.
(d) Suppress the mutiny onboard and gain control of the ship.

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

3. 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.

4. How does Hornblower feel about Sweet's death?
(a) Barbara wants him to kill the man.
(b) Nothing, he has seen too many die.
(c) He has to die.
(d) He wishes it is Chadwick instead.

5. Who is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(b) Captain Bush.
(c) Lieutenant Freeman.
(d) Captain Horatio Hornblower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Porta Coeli crew feel about Hornblower?

2. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

3. What is typical of a crew's share of the prize money from a captured enemy ship?

4. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?

5. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?

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