Excel2003 VBA - Application.quit not stopping code

All,

I have a problem with using the application.quit command - as I understand it, the application.quit should immediately jump to the Auto_Close (if exists) and then close any workbooks and quit Excel - however, when I run it, my code continues to run through the end of the sub (see simplified code attached):

Sub test()
Application.Quit
MsgBox ("Test Message 1!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 2!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 3!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 4!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 5!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 6!")
MsgBox ("Test Message 7!")

End Sub

When I run this - I get 7 message boxes, then after the 7th, Excel closes. Any thoughts

Thank you,

Andrew