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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Spendlove escape?
(a) He jumps into the water and swims to Montego Bay and then rides a horse.
(b) He bribes a guard.
(c) He tells Johnson he will bring back large sums of money.
(d) He does not escape.

2. How is Ramsbottom's vessel crewed?
(a) Mostly older navy veterans.
(b) Hessian mercenaries.
(c) Former pirates who forswear their former ways.
(d) A number of navy deserters from various countries.

3. What do ships-of-war gain from capturing slave ships?
(a) Choice assignments next time.
(b) A citation.
(c) Head money.
(d) A rotation back to England.

4. Who goes into the pirate's caves with a white flag?
(a) Hooper.
(b) Captain Fell.
(c) Spendlove.
(d) Hornblower.

5. What do they have to do when the boat grounds?
(a) Carry the mortar around the shallows.
(b) Set up a line of defense there.
(c) Carry the mortar on foot.
(d) Dam the river to make the water rise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Helmund transporting?

2. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?

3. What does Hornblower learn at Curaçao?

4. Why does Hornblower swim across a river?

5. What happens to the Helmond's artillery guns?

(see the answer key)

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