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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?
(a) Konigsburg.
(b) Kornistown.
(c) Klarksburg.
(d) Kongistown.

2. What kind of ships does Hornblower put on nighttime alert at Riga?
(a) Bomb ketchers.
(b) Cutters.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Sloops.

3. What do Hornblower and his men do with the barges in the blocked dock?
(a) Take them over.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Steal the cargo.
(d) Sink them.

4. How many men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 250.
(d) 150.

5. What does Wychwood take to England with him when he leaves?
(a) Treaties.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Reports.
(d) Mail.

6. What is the maneuver Hornblower uses on the French called by the Russians?
(a) A feint.
(b) A skirmish.
(c) A sortie.
(d) A flanker.

7. What does Braun plan to do at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Blackmail the Prince.
(b) Kidnap the Queen.
(c) Assassinate the Czar.
(d) Challenge the King to a duel.

8. What event does Hornblower attend with the Countess and her husband?
(a) The opera.
(b) A ball.
(c) A play.
(d) The ballet.

9. What title does Miss Canerine hold?
(a) Countess.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Comtesse.
(d) Lady.

10. Who does Hornblower meet on shore after he captures an important prisoner?
(a) Essay.
(b) Essex.
(c) Essen.
(d) Esses.

11. What keeps Hornblower from being able to use his bomb ketches?
(a) A boom.
(b) A sand bar.
(c) Shoaling waters.
(d) French Priximity.

12. What is the occupation of the important prisoner Hornblower captures as he heads to shore when he sees the smoke?
(a) Spy.
(b) Cartographer.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Sailor.

13. What does Hornblower fill the barges with that he connects to the bomb ketches?
(a) Sand.
(b) Timber.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Cannonballs.

14. What kind of boat does Hornblower take to shore when he sees the smoke?
(a) Rowboat.
(b) Cutter.
(c) Sloop.
(d) Barge.

15. Who comes to visit Hornblower's ship under a different name the day after the ball?
(a) The Czar.
(b) The Duchess.
(c) The Countess.
(d) The Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Braun react when Hornblower asks him to go to dinner with him and Wychwood?

2. What is the name of the man who gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?

3. How many of Hornblower's men are wounded in the blocked dock?

4. What kind of maneuver does Hornblower think the French will make on Riga?

5. How does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after leaving the ball?

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