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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Hornblower think all night?
(a) Death.
(b) Laura.
(c) Maria.
(d) His son.

2. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?
(a) The way the French soldiers stay so close to the carriage.
(b) The bumps that cause Bush terrible agony.
(c) The fact that the people are so hostile to the Englishmen.
(d) The speed at which they are traveling.

3. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?
(a) Hornblower receives a secret message.
(b) Caillard is shot by a sniper.
(c) Brown falls off the roof of the carriage and breaks his leg.
(d) A winter storm sets in.

4. When do the men escape?
(a) Midday.
(b) In the early morning.
(c) In the dark.
(d) They have not yet escaped.

5. Where do the men spend their first night in France?
(a) Rosas.
(b) Cerbère.
(c) Etiennen.
(d) Calysos.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower's interviewer act?

2. Who attends to Bush's stump?

3. What does Hornblower notice about Marie?

4. What is Marie's background?

5. Why does Hornblower choose Brown instead of his actual steward to make the journey to Paris with him?

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