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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will carry the dignitaries during the procession?
(a) The King's carriages.
(b) They will walk behind the caisson carrying the casket.
(c) Some open topped surreys.
(d) A series of barges.

2. How is the boat guided?
(a) By the paddlewheel.
(b) By a man at the tiller.
(c) With a rack and pinion.
(d) By the way the sails are set.

3. What is a wherry?
(a) A cross between a horse and a special type of donkey.
(b) A rowed craft.
(c) An animal similar to a cow.
(d) A flat ferry barge.

4. What does Hornblower do at Oxford?
(a) Leaves his wife and child in the care of a physician.
(b) Files a complaint with the ship's owner.
(c) Goes back to his cabin.
(d) Disembarks to finish the journey on horse.

5. What cannot be found?
(a) An alternate rider.
(b) A shady place to stop.
(c) An inn.
(d) Hay for the horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers some of the onlookers?

2. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?

3. What is the route of the Hornblower family's vessel?

4. What does Hornblower have his crew do?

5. Who is the one officer Hornblower remembers clearly?

(see the answer key)

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