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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At each corner of the fort there is a small ________.
(a) Battery.
(b) Tower.
(c) Flag.
(d) Bastion.

2. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?
(a) All.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

3. Upon their arrival at Kingston, Buckland has an interview with _______.
(a) Captain Cogshill.
(b) King George II.
(c) Admiral Lambert.
(d) Admiral Parry.

4. Each cannon shot weighs _______________.
(a) 24 pounds.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) 12 pounds.
(d) 8 pounds.

5. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) An opiate.
(b) Rum.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower get angry with himself in Chapter 10?

2. Admiral Lambert renames La Gaditana the ________.

3. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.

4. Both Bush and Hornblower have _______ for breakfast after they have successfully taken the fort.

5. Bush hadn't been to the Kingston station in _____ years.

(see the answer key)

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