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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. Who does Hornblower believes shares a mutual attraction?
(a) Spendlove and Miss Hower.
(b) Lucy Hough, about seventeen-years-old, and Spendlove.
(c) Miss Hough and Mr. Sharpe.
(d) Lucy Hough and Captain Fell.

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

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

4. What does Hornblower spend his time doing during the next two weeks after the dinner with Ramsbottom?
(a) Recovering from yellow fever.
(b) Recovering from malaria.
(c) Drilling his squadron on the open seas.
(d) Working through a pile of paperwork before leaving Jamaica.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Hough?

2. Why does Hornblower read the letter aloud?

3. What is the implication of Ramsbottom's actions?

4. What does Hornblower announce he must do?

5. Where are Hornblower, Hooper and several others invited to dine?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what do the men converse while dining on the Bride of Aybados?

2. How do Hornblower and the governor disagree and what does Hornblower do about it for the moment?

3. Describe the dinner aboard the Bride of Abydos and the new "invention" that may revolutionize shipboard fare.

4. Why does Hornblower quickly leave Curaçao and where does he go?

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

6. Describe Charles Ramsbottom.

7. Why is Hornblower summoned by Governor Hooper upon his return from two weeks on the open sea drilling his squadron, and how does Hornblower calm Governor Hooper?

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

9. Who appears at breakfast and how does he get there?

10. How does Hornblower manage to avoid a confrontation with Spanish and Dutch officials and where does Hornblower go from Puerto Cabello?

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