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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) A map.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A canteen.

2. The word _______ strikes Bush's ear with special emphasis as the Captain reads.
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Justice.
(c) Death.
(d) Quarrel.

3. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Weak.
(c) Insensible.
(d) Not fit for duty.

4. How many prisoners does Hornblower take at the main gate on the other side of the fort from Bush?
(a) 14.
(b) 44.
(c) 40.
(d) 24.

5. At the end of Chapter 6, what is still "a living force in the ship"?
(a) Fear of mutiny.
(b) Fear of starvation.
(c) Fear of the Captain.
(d) Fear of Yellow Fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.

2. The run to Kingston, Jamaica would be completed in ___________________.

3. Which seaman is reported to Bush as being drunk?

4. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?

5. What does Hornblower suggest that the landing party take with them to scale walls of the fort, if need be?

(see the answer key)

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