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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Hornblower write a brief letter?
(a) On the flyleaf of a book.
(b) On his linen shirt.
(c) On the bark of a tree.
(d) On a scrap of paper.

3. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?
(a) Straight to the governor's home.
(b) To prison.
(c) To Mr. Hough's home.
(d) To the Clorinda.

4. What is the Helmond?
(a) A German vessel aiding Ramsbottom in a blockade.
(b) A Dutch vessel captured by Ramsbottom.
(c) A German vessel captured by Ramsbottom.
(d) A Dutch vessel aiding Ramsbottom in a blockade.

5. What does Hooper flatly reject?
(a) A pardon for the pirates.
(b) A rescue party.
(c) A visa for the Clorinda to stay in port longer.
(d) Permission for Lucy to marry Spendlove.

6. What does Hornblower do on board the Helmond?
(a) He frees the Dutch crew and turns the ship over to its captain.
(b) Fires the ship.
(c) Assigns a prize crew.
(d) Keeps the crew tied up and waits for Ramsbottom.

7. Who goes into the pirate's caves with a white flag?
(a) Spendlove.
(b) Captain Fell.
(c) Hooper.
(d) Hornblower.

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

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

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

11. Who does Hooper consider expendable?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Spendlove.
(d) Lucy.

12. What does Hornblower offer?
(a) To go back and set explosives in the caves.
(b) To sail up the coast and draw the pirates with him.
(c) To allow Hooper the use of the Clorinda.
(d) To take care of the problem with the pirates.

13. What is the Helmund transporting?
(a) Reinforcements.
(b) Gold bullion.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Slaves.

14. Where does Ramsbottom say he is going to sail?
(a) The Cape Fear area.
(b) To California around South America.
(c) The Caribbean.
(d) Around Cape Horn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower learn from his wife, Barbara, about Ramsbottom?

2. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?

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

4. What does Hornblower's ship come about as he is cruising the coast?

5. Who is Charles Ramsbottom?

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