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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. How does Hornblower try to save Bush from execution?
(a) By bribing the guards to get him away.
(b) By giving the interviewer false information.
(c) By writing Napoleon.
(d) Says Bush was under orders.

2. What do the newspapers announce finally?
(a) That only Hornblower is being offered amnesty.
(b) That Brown and Bush only are offered amnesty.
(c) That the war is over.
(d) That Hornblower and his companions drown in an escape attempt.

3. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?
(a) His honor.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His possible execution and he is already married.
(d) His desire to be retired first.

4. What must the men discard?
(a) Their boat.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Their supplies.
(d) Their disguise as fishermen.

5. Why would Hornblower be shot immediately if caught?
(a) He would be considered a spy.
(b) The French government would not admit to making a mistake.
(c) So he could not ridicule the French government for making an inaccurate announcement.
(d) So he couldn't escape again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bush at a critical stage of his recovery?

2. What do the men find awkward?

3. What have the men reached?

4. About what does Hornblower fret when in Rosas?

5. How does Hornblower gather a crew?

(see the answer key)

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