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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 happens to the horse driver?
(a) He runs off.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He is trampled by a horse.
(d) He is shot.

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

3. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?
(a) The London tower.
(b) London Bridge.
(c) The Crossroads guard.
(d) Old Ben.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the overland passage have been that Hornblower just traveled by boat in less than a day?

2. What is Hornblower missing?

3. Where does the Hornblower family board the vessel?

4. Upon what does payment to Tom Jenkins depend?

5. From where does Hornblower hang his pocket watch?

(see the answer key)

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