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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What infests the ship formerly named the Gaditana while the Spanish prisoners are on board?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Fleas, lice, and bedbugs.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Rats.

2. Which ship is Bush serving on prior to his current employment?
(a) Conquerer.
(b) Clara.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Renown.

3. What is found in the Captain's locked desk?
(a) Bottles of rum.
(b) Orders.
(c) Letters.
(d) Journals.

4. What is the name of the island that is the new destination of the ship?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Santo Domingo.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Hispaniola.

5. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(b) The men would be punished for being idle.
(c) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.
(d) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years experience does Buckland have as an officer in the Royal Navy?

2. Bush describes Hornblower's gait as being _______ from his overflowing energy.

3. Who becomes the new Captain of the Renown?

4. While discussing their plans for the Spanish, Buckland tells Hornblower that he talks like a __________________.

5. During the past several years of war, Bush has only known ______ short interval(s) of leave.

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