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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. What bothers Hornblower about Johnson's plan?
(a) Mr. Hough's response.
(b) The governor's response.
(c) The timing having to be so exact.
(d) Abandoning Spendlove.

2. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?
(a) The vessel is full of dead men.
(b) The vessel is full of slaves.
(c) The vessel is abandoned.
(d) The vessel is manned by insurrgents.

3. How is Ramsbottom behaving emotionally when Hornblower encounters him?
(a) Grieving the death of Bolívar.
(b) Joyful but nearly hysterical.
(c) Uncommunicative.
(d) Despondent.

4. How is Ramsbottom's vessel armed?
(a) Two six-pounder cannons and ten twenty-four-pounder carronades.
(b) Just two six-pounder cannons.
(c) The vessel is not armed, but there are light arms issued to the crew.
(d) Three twenty-four-pounder carronades.

5. What bay does Hornblower look out over where he is sitting on a rocky ledge?
(a) Hispaneola.
(b) Metriola.
(c) Montego.
(d) Jamaicana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hornblower think he is?

2. What is the name of Ramsbottom's yacht?

3. Who comes into the room when Hooper and Hornblower are having breakfast?

4. For what activity does Ramsbottom have a penchant?

5. What does Hornblower climb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens immediately upon Hornblower's return that is disconcerting to him?

2. Describe the strike on the pirate's redoubt and the outcome.

3. About what do the men converse while dining on the Bride of Aybados?

4. What does Hornblower do once he reaches Puerto Cabello?

5. What do the pirates decide to do about the delivery of the letter and how does Hornblower react?

6. Describe Hornblower's capture and journey to the cliffs.

7. Who has kidnapped Hornblower and Spendlove and what are the demands?

8. Describe Ned Johnson.

9. Describe the dinner aboard the Bride of Abydos and the new "invention" that may revolutionize shipboard fare.

10. Why does Hornblower quickly leave Curaçao and where does he go?

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