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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ramsbottom behaving emotionally when Hornblower encounters him?
(a) Grieving the death of Bolívar.
(b) Uncommunicative.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Joyful but nearly hysterical.

2. What surprises Hornblower about Ramsbottom?
(a) He is quite diminuative in stature.
(b) He dresses like a peasant.
(c) He is a giant of a man.
(d) He is eminently likable and affable.

3. What does Lucy do when she next sees Hornblower?
(a) Admits her love and devotion for him.
(b) Gets hysterical and asks about Spendlove.
(c) Slaps him for abandoning Spendlove.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why does Hornblower advise against Hooper's plan as far as the pirates are concerned?
(a) It would make Hooper look weak if he loses the battle.
(b) Too costly.
(c) It would be ineffectual.
(d) It could allow the pirates to escape.

5. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?
(a) The vessel is full of slaves.
(b) The vessel is full of dead men.
(c) The vessel is abandoned.
(d) The vessel is manned by insurrgents.

6. How does Lucy Hough greet Hornblower?
(a) With disdain.
(b) With veiled hostility.
(c) Effusive and confused.
(d) With indifference.

7. What do Hornblower and Ramsbottom spend several evenings doing?
(a) Playing whist.
(b) Playing bridge.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Playing darts.

8. What is the meal like aboard Ramsbottom's vessel?
(a) Excellent and complicated.
(b) Complicated and barely edible.
(c) Typical seagoing fare.
(d) Average but good tasting.

9. To where does the Clorinda return?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Curaçao
(c) Cuernavaca.
(d) Puerto Cabello.

10. Who is Johnson sending to the governor?
(a) Lucy Hough.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Captain Fell.
(d) Spendlove.

11. How does Spendlove escape?
(a) He jumps into the water and swims to Montego Bay and then rides a horse.
(b) He does not escape.
(c) He tells Johnson he will bring back large sums of money.
(d) He bribes a guard.

12. Who calls on Hornblower back on the Clorinda?
(a) Bolívar.
(b) The captain of the Helmond.
(c) Spanish and Dutch officials.
(d) Ramsbottom.

13. Who arrives after Hornblower?
(a) Mr. Hough.
(b) No one.
(c) Spendlove.
(d) Captain Fell.

14. What does Spendlove do as he recovers?
(a) Becomes increasingly protective of Hornblower.
(b) Talks to Lucy about England.
(c) Talks to Mr. Hough about Lucy.
(d) Decides to make a run for it.

15. Where does Hornblower have the Clorinda's mortar mounted?
(a) On a mule-drawn wagon.
(b) On a light boat.
(c) On the fighting bridges.
(d) On the bridge wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they have to do when the boat grounds?

2. What is the Helmond?

3. How is Ramsbottom's vessel armed?

4. Where does the waterfall end?

5. Who comes into the room when Hooper and Hornblower are having breakfast?

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