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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been executed aboard the Clorinda while Hornblower is at the government house?
(a) The Estrella has burned.
(b) The Estrella has left port.
(c) The Clorinda has grounded itself.
(d) Hornblower's plan has been executed.

2. What does Hornblower connive to do?
(a) Get the governor drunk.
(b) Have the slave ship's captain casually disregard some of the finer points of law to Hornblower's eventual favor.
(c) Get the captain of the Estrella drunk.
(d) Get the governor to turn his head from Hornblower's activities.

3. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?
(a) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the United States.
(b) Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies.
(c) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in Australia.
(d) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in New Zealand.

4. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne?
(a) That he is holding Cambronne's wife as hostage and if Cambronne carries out his intentions, she will be shot.
(b) That Napoleon has recently died.
(c) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Freeport at the moment.
(d) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Barbados at the moment.

5. What occupies Clorinda's days?
(a) Demonstrating seamanship to other English vessels.
(b) Sailing from port to port to supervise the dry dock activities of the West Indies fleet..
(c) Cruising in the West Indies in search of pirates or slave runners.
(d) Ferrying English settlers among the islands of the West Indies.

6. What keeps the sea anchor bundled up until Estrella reaches top speed?
(a) Paper wrapping.
(b) A length of wire.
(c) Two cotter pins.
(d) A length of spun yarn.

7. What do ships-of-war gain from capturing slave ships?
(a) A citation.
(b) A rotation back to England.
(c) Head money.
(d) Choice assignments next time.

8. What happens as the sea anchor deploys?
(a) The ship keels to starboard and takes on water.
(b) The ship's bow dips and cracks at the force of hitting the waves.
(c) The ship keels to port and rolls far enough to break the main mast.
(d) Its massive towing force jerks on the rudder pintle.

9. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?
(a) Guns.
(b) Comodities.
(c) Bonded.
(d) Wine.

10. Of what does Cambronne's cargo consist?
(a) Cannons and pistols.
(b) Slaves and rum.
(c) Muskets, French dress uniforms and military headwear peculiar to the time of Napoleon's greatest influence.
(d) Rum and tobacco.

11. How does Hornblower deliver the lie to Cambronne?
(a) Using his first mate.
(b) Through an intermediary.
(c) With a stony face and icy reserve.
(d) By signal flags.

12. What does Hornblower conclude Cambronne intends to do?
(a) Free Napoleon.
(b) Attack the British crown colony of Barbados.
(c) Aid the rebellion in the West Indies by the slaves.
(d) Aid the rebellion in Bolivia.

13. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?
(a) A large bounty.
(b) Citations.
(c) Time in dry dock.
(d) Promotions.

14. Why is Fell always poor?
(a) He has a gambling problem.
(b) He has ten children to raise.
(c) He was the third son of a Baron and thus inheirits little.
(d) He maintains an extravagant wife in England.

15. What will break the restraint on the sea anchor?
(a) A built-in cutting edge.
(b) The Clorinda will fire a cannon.
(c) Water pressure and flow.
(d) The paper will dissolve with some time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the Governor remind Hornblower?

2. Who follows the Estrella out of port?

3. What does Sharpe observe about Cambronne's route?

4. What does Hornblower order Spendlove to do?

5. What happens after Spendlove follows Hornblower's orders?

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