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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 does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.
(b) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.
(c) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.
(d) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.

2. What does the Flame do when they sail close to Le Havre?
(a) Turn around and flee.
(b) Start fighting the French.
(c) Fire on the Porta Coeli to show they switched sides.
(d) Raise a flag of surrender.

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about Baron Momas?
(a) He is a captain in his own right and is in command of one of the gun boats.
(b) He is a staunch Bonapartist.
(c) His family business trades goods with the Americans.
(d) He is a spy for the English.

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

5. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?
(a) A red silk scarf.
(b) A blue belted sash.
(c) A linen shirt.
(d) An embroidered handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the French gunboat that Hornblower boards in the fight at Le Havre?

2. What is unique about Lord St. Vincent's instructions to Hornblower?

3. What does Lieutenant Freeman offer to do for the other captains?

4. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?

5. What does the French do when the Flame starts sailing to shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the fighting, how many ships does Hornblower end up with and what does he do with them?

2. At the beginning of the book, what is Hornblower's relationship with his wife like? How does C. S. Forester show this?

3. How does C. S. Forester show Hornblower's resourcefulness?

4. What is the point of showing Hornblower's daily bathing ritual?

5. What happens to show Hornblower that the French may be just as tired of the war as the English?

6. What does Hornblower do to make the ships even more alike?

7. Being a sailor is dangerous and hard work, what do sailors expect in terms of monetary rewards?

8. As a midshipman, Hornblower is atypical, why?

9. What does the Admiralty do on Hornblower's news of the Flame and the possible surrender of Le Havre?

10. Hornblower thinks the mutineers are mistreated, but he still suppresses the mutiny, why?

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