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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. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?
(a) To Mr. Hough's home.
(b) To prison.
(c) Straight to the governor's home.
(d) To the Clorinda.

2. What does Johnson want of Hornblower?
(a) Release of Johnson's wife who is being held as a slave.
(b) A letter to the governor requesting pardon for the survivinig pirates.
(c) To tell Hornblower Lucy would like to meet him in the library.
(d) Money.

3. Who is Simón Bolívar?
(a) The rebel leader in Puerto Rico.
(b) A revolutionary general and leader.
(c) The President of Ecuador.
(d) The President of Peru.

4. What does Lucy do when she next sees Hornblower?
(a) Gets hysterical and asks about Spendlove.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Slaps him for abandoning Spendlove.
(d) Admits her love and devotion for him.

5. Where does the waterfall end?
(a) A few feet down into a shallow stream.
(b) It is impossible to tell from where Hornblower is sitting.
(c) In a deep pool and river at the base of the cliff.
(d) In the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower read the letter aloud?

2. Who calls on Hornblower back on the Clorinda?

3. What does Hornblower announce he must do?

4. How does Spendlove escape?

5. What does Hornblower do after lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Charles Ramsbottom.

10. Describe Ned Johnson.

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