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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens after Hornblower captures the French gunboat in the battle at Le Havre?
(a) He goes back to the Porta Coeli.
(b) He trips over a loose board and drops his sword.
(c) He leads his men over to the Flame.
(d) He stays on the French gunboat and waits to see what happens.

4. What does the French do when the Flame starts sailing to shore?
(a) Send gun boats.
(b) Send a welcoming committee of dignitaries.
(c) Fire the citadel's batteries.
(d) Ignore the ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it better to be a Captain than a Lieutenant?

2. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?

3. Who is the Mayor of Le Havre?

4. What does the crew of the Flame want?

5. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?

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