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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?
(a) A letter to the warden's brother-in-law to help Hornblower.
(b) A letter from Hornblower's wife.
(c) A testament to Hornblower's honor.
(d) A purse of money for the long voyage.

2. What does the Innkeeper do after the men are loaded into the coach?
(a) Asks for double the fee since Bush's illness kept other customers away.
(b) Serves them ersatz coffee and breakfast.
(c) Tells Caillard he will pray for his hardened soul.
(d) Slips Hornblower a note to tell him rescue is on the way.

3. In what way does Hornblower answer the Count?
(a) Evasively.
(b) Honestly.
(c) The Count does not question Hornblower that evening.
(d) Defensively.

4. What have the men reached?
(a) The tidewater.
(b) England.
(c) The lake into which the river flows.
(d) Amsterdam.

5. What does Hornblower learn in a letter from Barbara?
(a) That she left her husband.
(b) That she is nursing her husband back to health.
(c) That Marie died quickly and peacefully.
(d) That she adopted his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?

2. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?

3. What are Gien, Sully, Château-Neuf-sur-Loire, Jargeau, Orleans, and Beaugency?

4. What do the men put in their boat?

5. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?

(see the answer key)

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