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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 does Ramsbottom appear physically?
(a) He has lost an arm in combat.
(b) He is lying down and almost dead.
(c) He is unharmed.
(d) He has several minor sword slash wounds but that's all.

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

3. What does Hornblower do after lunch?
(a) Play cards with Johnson and his men.
(b) Meet with the governor.
(c) Talk about politics with Spendlove.
(d) Sleep.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hornblower swim across a river?

3. What does Hornblower announce he must do?

4. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?

5. Who is Mr. Hough?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the strike on the pirate's redoubt and the outcome.

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

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

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

6. What are the implications of the capture of the Helmond?

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

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

9. Who has kidnapped Hornblower and Spendlove and what are the demands?

10. Describe Charles Ramsbottom.

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