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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. How might the political situation between England and the United States be described?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Heated.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Hostile.

2. What does Cambronne bewail?
(a) That his wife is captive.
(b) That Hornblower has figured out Cambronne's plan.
(c) The loss of his cause in Barbardos.
(d) Napoleon's death.

3. What concerns Hornblower about Cambronne's possible destination and purpose?
(a) It could cause Spain to declare war on France and England could be dragged into such action.
(b) It could embroil Europe in a round of costly bloodshed.
(c) It could liberate Barbados from English rule.
(d) It could upset the balance of power in the West Indies.

4. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?
(a) The ability of the United States to regulate their merchants.
(b) The motives of Johnson.
(c) The mission of the Daring.
(d) Sharpe's good intentions.

5. What is the name of the present flagship?
(a) The Java.
(b) The Leopard.
(c) The Crab.
(d) The Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Captain Thomas Fell?

2. How does Hornblower board the Crab?

3. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?

4. To what is the cone affixed?

5. Why is Hornblower in despair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Rear Admiral Hornblower talk with and what are the main topics of discussion?

2. What vessel has Hornblower made his flagship in this chapter and what is the vessel doing?

3. Where has Cambronne actually gone and what prevents Hornblower from following him immediately?

4. What does the governor warn Hornblower about, and how does Hornblower's facile political manipulations set up the captain of the Estrella del Sur?

5. How large is the fleet Rear Admiral Hornblower commands and why is his flagship one of the lesser vessels?

6. Describe the capture of the Estrella del Sur by the Clorinda.

7. How does Hornblower encounter the Estrella del Sur's captain and what does Hornblower do?

8. How is Hornblower not up to his usual powers of observation and deduction?

9. What has been done while Hornblower was verbally sparring with the captain of the Estrella del Sur?

10. How does Cambronne verify Hornblower's information and what is the reaction of Cambronne and the ship's crew?

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