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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Now where is the French fleet headed?
(a) No one knows.
(b) South America.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Ferrol.

2. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Bush.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Baddlestone.

3. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?
(a) They are full of grain.
(b) They leak too badly.
(c) They would then be contaminated.
(d) They don't have a big enough opening.

4. Why does the Princess finally head for England?
(a) She gets a fair wind.
(b) Baddlestone gets tired of waiting for the fleet.
(c) Baddlestone is tired of his passengers.
(d) Admiral Calder orders them to do so.

5. What frightens Hornblower about getting on the Princess?
(a) The 18' gangplank with no handrail.
(b) Because he does not know his next assignment.
(c) The way the Princess' Captain is glaring at Hornblower.
(d) The way the Princess seems to be out of trim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is commanding the French fleet that recently escapes from the Mediterranean?

2. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?

3. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?

4. What might Hornblower end up doing?

5. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?

(see the answer key)

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