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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 happens after they ship fires a few more times?
(a) The pirates flee overland.
(b) The pirates are all dead.
(c) The pirates kill themselves.
(d) The surviving pirates surrender.

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

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

4. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?
(a) He is surrounded by a group of young women.
(b) He is grabbed, gagged and dragged off at knifepoint.
(c) He encounters the captain of the Estrella who punches him out.
(d) He faints from the heat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?

3. What does Spendlove do as he recovers?

4. What does Lucy do when she next sees Hornblower?

5. Why won't any of the men take the letter to the governor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the pirates decide to do about the delivery of the letter and how does Hornblower react?

2. What does Hornblower learn on his tour of the Bride of Abydos and what is his reaction?

3. What does Hornblower do to keep the various authorities in the area from being upset at Hornblower and the English?

4. What does Hornblower do once he reaches Puerto Cabello?

5. What happens immediately upon Hornblower's return that is disconcerting to him?

6. What does Hornblower learn from the Dutch and Spanish ministers with whom he converses?

7. Who does Hornblower meet ashore at Puerto Cabello and what ensues while Hornblower is ashore?

8. Describe Hornblower's capture and journey to the cliffs.

9. Describe the area where Hornblower and Spendlove are being held.

10. Why does Hornblower write the letter and what demonstrates how little authority Johnson has over the group?

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