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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.
(b) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(c) Spends the night with his mistress.
(d) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.

2. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?
(a) They want shore leave.
(b) Lieutenant Chadwick is selling secrets to the French.
(c) They are flogged and starved on Lieutenant Chadwick's orders.
(d) They are tired of the blockade and want to go home.

3. How many ships does Admiral Pellew send as reinforcement?
(a) Three.
(b) He doesn't send ships, he just sends men.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?
(a) He has the crew hose him down with the wash-deck pump.
(b) He doesn't bathe.
(c) He takes a daily swim instead of bathing.
(d) He has a bucket of sea water dumped over his head.

5. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.
(b) A midshipman assigned to him.
(c) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.
(d) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?

2. What does Hornblower think of the Napoleonic War?

3. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?

4. What does the Flame do when they sail close to Le Havre?

5. What does the crew of the Flame want?

(see the answer key)

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