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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Hornblower and the French troops exchange gun fire?
(a) Marie is shot in the leg.
(b) Hornblower is shot in the leg.
(c) Hornblower surrenders.
(d) Brown is killed.

2. What does Hornblower read in the newspaper from England?
(a) A gossip column piece, insinuating his wife is having an affair.
(b) An account of his actions with the Flame.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick is exiled to Jamaica.
(d) Napoleon is assembling troops to attack Leipzig.

3. What does Hornblower and the group try to do to evade capture after being cornered by Napoleon's troops?
(a) Find a boat to cross the river.
(b) Disguise themselves as French soldiers.
(c) Hide themselves in an abandoned farmhouse.
(d) Swim downriver.

4. What position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?
(a) Governor.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Amicus curiae.
(d) President of the newly formed Le Havre trading delegation.

5. Who is still with Hornblower when the French troops catch up with them?
(a) The Comte de Graçay and Marie, Brown and Annette.
(b) Just the Comte de Graçay.
(c) Brown, the Comte de Graçay, and Marie.
(d) Just Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower get onto the Flame?

2. Why does Hornblower find the visit by the French royal sent to Le Havre annoying?

3. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?

4. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?

5. Who comes to Le Havre on a surprise visit?

(see the answer key)

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