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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do with Sweet's body?
(a) Strings it up on the yardman as an example.
(b) Lets it sink into the sea.
(c) Keeps it in a barrel for transport back to the Admiralty.
(d) Burns it.

2. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?
(a) They want shore leave.
(b) They are tired of the blockade and want to go home.
(c) They are flogged and starved on Lieutenant Chadwick's orders.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick is selling secrets to the French.

3. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He asks Hornblower.
(b) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(c) He calculates their position using the stars.
(d) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.

4. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(b) As much as he considered fair; captain's discretion.
(c) As much as a thousand pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(d) First choice of one item from the captured ship.

5. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) Lieutanent Chadwick.
(b) Harding.
(c) Captain Sawyer.
(d) His servant, Brown.

6. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?
(a) Secure the harbor defenses.
(b) Fire one of the cannons at exactly 12 noon as a signal.
(c) Pretend to surrender to the French.
(d) Make sure that he stays just offshore until Lebrun comes back.

7. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?
(a) He doesn't bathe.
(b) He has the crew hose him down with the wash-deck pump.
(c) He has a bucket of sea water dumped over his head.
(d) He takes a daily swim instead of bathing.

8. What does Hornblower do with the Flame's mutinous crew?
(a) He puts them back under Lieutenant Chadwick's control.
(b) He has them all imprisoned in the brig.
(c) He sends them all back to the England for a court martial.
(d) He pardons forty of them.

9. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.
(b) Holding up four fingers.
(c) Givinig a wolf whistle.
(d) Making a fist and touching the forehead.

10. What is unique about Lord St. Vincent's instructions to Hornblower?
(a) Hornblower is essentially given a blank cheque for ransom purposes.
(b) Hornblower is told to destroy the ship immediately.
(c) Hornblower is given carte blanche to deal with the mutineers as necessary.
(d) Hornblower is told to administer justice by finding Lieutenant Chadwick guilty of insubordination.

11. What does Lord St. Vincent tell Hornblower?
(a) His best friend dies.
(b) Hornblower has to stay on land for another month.
(c) Napoleon is on the move with his army.
(d) Mutineers sends a letter to the Admiralty making demands.

12. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(b) He is an American spy from New Orleans.
(c) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.
(d) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.

13. What type of ship is the Flame?
(a) East Indian merchant ship.
(b) Eighteen-gun brig.
(c) A French gunboat.
(d) Twenty-four gun brig.

14. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?
(a) The Flame sends a boat over to negotiate.
(b) The Flame raises sails to meet them.
(c) Hornblower gives orders to fire.
(d) Another ship appears.

15. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?
(a) The crew delibrately sink the ship.
(b) The crew hang Lieutenant Chadwick.
(c) The crew set fire to the Flame.
(d) The crew surrenders to the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris?

2. Why is Hornblower talking to Lebrun in chapter eight?

3. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?

4. What does Hornblower speculate happens on the Flame as it starts to sail to shore?

5. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?

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