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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 is a drogue?
(a) A captain gone astray.
(b) A sailor engaged in nefarious trade.
(c) A ship that has only one mast.
(d) A sea anchor.

2. How does Hornblower board the Crab?
(a) Unarmed and unescorted.
(b) By ropes at night.
(c) He is unable to board the Crab.
(d) By a large boarding party.

3. Who is the Estrella del Sur?
(a) A large schooner capable of exceptional speed.
(b) A retrofitted English vessel captured during the Napoleonic Wars.
(c) A retrofitted Spanish vessel that had been Napoleon's flagship.
(d) The flagship of the Spanish fleet in the West Indies.

4. What does Hornblower intend to do?
(a) Ask for reassignment.
(b) Send a missive to St. Helena and tell them to be on double guard.
(c) Tender his resignation.
(d) Intercept the Daring and have Cambronne silenced.

5. Upon whom does Hornblower decide to keep a close watch?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Cambronne.
(d) The French diplomat visiting New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cambronne say the Daring will now sail?

2. What is one thing Sharp and Hornblower are discussing?

3. Who follows the Estrella out of port?

4. What ensures Fell's continued employment?

5. To what is the cone affixed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe tell Hornblower about who has hired the Daring.

4. What would enable Fell to profit by the capture of the Estrella del Sur and by how much would he profit?

5. What is the political situation at San Juan and how does this prevent any further action against the Estrella del Sur?

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

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

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

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

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

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