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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cambronne demand as verification?
(a) That Hornblower leave two of his officers on board Daring as hostages until Cambronne can verify the information.
(b) To read the letter from Hornblower's superior.
(c) To escort the Crab back to port and verify it before the Daring will allow the Crab to depart without a fight.
(d) Hornblower's word as a gentleman and naval officer.

2. Who does Hornblower congratulate on the speed of his ship?
(a) The captain of the Daring.
(b) The captain of the HMS Java.
(c) The captain of the Estrella del sur.
(d) The captain of the Atlas.

3. How does Hornblower's flagship reach New Orleans?
(a) Under its own sail.
(b) It doesn't; it stays out in deeper waters.
(c) Via a steam tug.
(d) Via a sail tug.

4. What is the name of the present flagship?
(a) The Crab.
(b) The Leopard.
(c) The Java.
(d) The Constitution.

5. What is the ideal situation once the Estrella reaches high seas?
(a) The Estrella will becalm.
(b) The waves will be high enough to make the sea anchor work optimally.
(c) The Estrella will sink.
(d) The sea anchor will slow down and the Clorinda will be able to close and board.

6. What is one thing Sharp and Hornblower are discussing?
(a) The slave trade.
(b) The Louisiana Purchase.
(c) The Boer Wars.
(d) The Napoleonic Wars.

7. How does Cambronne express his anguish?
(a) He breaks his sword and casts the remnants into the sea.
(b) He rips off his uniform's insignia.
(c) He cuts his hair.
(d) He shoots himself in the head.

8. How does Hornblower see his future?
(a) A promotion for stopping Cambronne.
(b) Stripped of honor and devoid of respect.
(c) A court martial looming.
(d) Hell and damnation for executing a woman.

9. What will break the restraint on the sea anchor?
(a) Water pressure and flow.
(b) The Clorinda will fire a cannon.
(c) A built-in cutting edge.
(d) The paper will dissolve with some time.

10. Upon whom does Hornblower decide to keep a close watch?
(a) Cambronne.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) The French diplomat visiting New Orleans.
(d) Johnson.

11. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?
(a) The motives of Johnson.
(b) The mission of the Daring.
(c) The ability of the United States to regulate their merchants.
(d) Sharpe's good intentions.

12. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?
(a) At Port-au-Prince.
(b) On the open seas.
(c) At Cuba's harbor of Guantanamo.
(d) At Freeport.

13. What does Sharpe observe about Cambronne's route?
(a) Cambronne will probably go around the Florida Keys.
(b) Cambronne will probably call at Cuba for more slaves.
(c) Cambronne must call at Corpus Christi to embark his men.
(d) Cambronne must ride out the hurricane coming up the Gulf before he can get away completely.

14. Of what does the Governor remind Hornblower?
(a) The rules of engagement.
(b) Of the fact that he met Hornblower's wife while she was still married to Admiral Leighton.
(c) The last time Hornblower was in San Juan.
(d) Of the time the French broke the rules of engagement and what happened.

15. Why is Fell always poor?
(a) He was the third son of a Baron and thus inheirits little.
(b) He has ten children to raise.
(c) He maintains an extravagant wife in England.
(d) He has a gambling problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Estrella del Sur?

2. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?

3. Why is San Juan problematic as far as the capture of Estrella del Sur?

4. What is a drogue?

5. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?

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