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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. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) A local physician.
(c) Brown.
(d) Calais.

2. What does Hornblower find envious about Brown?
(a) His ability to make friends quickly.
(b) His fluent French.
(c) His easy-going nature.
(d) His dexterity.

3. What is the atmosphere in France because of Napoleon's reign?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joyousness.
(d) Confused.

4. Where does the coach slide?
(a) Off the elevated roadway and almost into the river.
(b) Into a mud bog.
(c) Into Napoleon's carriage.
(d) Into a huge tree.

5. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do in the reading room?

2. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?

3. How does Hornblower try to save Bush from execution?

4. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?

5. Who hopes to face death with "colours flying"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Spanish treat Hornblower and what can he see from where he is? What do you think it says about his character that they would do this?

2. What happens to Bush as the travel to Paris continues? Do you think people in that era were tougher than those today?

3. Why might Marie be a better match in some ways for Hornblower than his wife or the Admiral's wife?

4. What does Hornblower awaken to a few days after his capture? How does he respond? What does he see? What do you think he might have felt when he first saw the fight?

5. What are mostly in Hornblower's thoughts as he waits his future?

6. What happens that stops the escapees' trip down the river?

7. Who is the owner of the house where the escapees knock to ask for aid? How does he treat the prisoners initially?

8. What does Hornblower say is the reason Bush should not be executed and what is Caillard's response? What does the response say to you about his character?

9. Why does Colonel Caillard come to Rosas prison? What is Caillard like as a man? How do you think Hornblower felt about the man?

10. Who does Hornblower think of when he first meets Marie and what might these thoughts foreshadow?

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