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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of ship is a French West Indiaman?
(a) A blockage runner.
(b) A privateer.
(c) A ship of the line.
(d) A French gunboat.

3. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) No one meets Hornblower.
(b) Nathaniel Sweet.
(c) A midshipman.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

4. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?
(a) Fear of lightning.
(b) Seasickness.
(c) Ear infections.
(d) Fear of heights.

5. What does Hornblower end up doing about the mutineers?
(a) He makes a strong recommendation to the Admiralty to have Chadwick share the mutineers' fate.
(b) He asks the Duke d'Angoulême to commute their sentences.
(c) He refuses to sign the court martial papers.
(d) He writes to the Admiralty asking for leniency on their behalf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?

2. What does the local magistrate tell Hornblower after he is captured by Napoleon's troops?

3. What saves Hornblower, the Comte, and Brown from execution?

4. How does Hornblower know Admiral Pellew?

5. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?

(see the answer key)

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