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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?
(a) The Tobago Channel.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) The Straits of Magellan.
(d) St. Helena.

2. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne?
(a) That Napoleon has recently died.
(b) That he is holding Cambronne's wife as hostage and if Cambronne carries out his intentions, she will be shot.
(c) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Barbados at the moment.
(d) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Freeport at the moment.

3. What does Hornblower order Spendlove to do?
(a) Suggest Hornblower's plan to capture the Estrella to Fell.
(b) Board the Estrella as a new hand and plant a bomb belowdecks.
(c) Go ashore and wait for Hornblower's signal.
(d) Board the Estrella and ask for asylum.

4. What is another topic of discussion between Sharp and Hornblower?
(a) The pending promotion of Hornblower to Admiral.
(b) Problematic retrofitting of steam vessels.
(c) Residing in the United States.
(d) Problematic letters of marque.

5. What is Hornblower's new flagship?
(a) Leopard.
(b) Java.
(c) Clorinda.
(d) Atlas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ensures Fell's continued employment?

2. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?

3. When Cambronne sets sail, what does he employ?

4. What occupies Clorinda's days?

5. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower discreetly inform Fell of a possible plan to capture the Estrella del Sur and what is Fell's reaction?

2. How is Hornblower not up to his usual powers of observation and deduction?

3. How does Hornblower encounter the Estrella del Sur's captain and what does Hornblower do?

4. Describe the vessel Hornblower's flagship spies.

5. How does Cambronne verify Hornblower's information and what is the reaction of Cambronne and the ship's crew?

6. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne when Hornblower boards the Daring?

7. What vessel has Hornblower made his flagship in this chapter and what is the vessel doing?

8. Describe Fell's decision regarding the Estrella del Sur and the result of the decision.

9. What is the political situation at San Juan and how does this prevent any further action against the Estrella del Sur?

10. If Cambronne is undertaking the mission which Hornblower believes he is doing, why is Hornblower concerned and what does Hornblower determine to do?

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