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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ships does Hornblower put on nighttime alert at Riga?
(a) Bomb ketchers.
(b) Cutters.
(c) Sloops.
(d) Merchants.

2. What disorients Hornblower at the event he attends with the Countess and her husband?
(a) His feelings for the Countess.
(b) The music.
(c) Being on land after being at sea for so long.
(d) The strange lighting.

3. Where is Hornblower sent to attack the French after the first bomb ketch attack in Riga?
(a) In open water.
(b) Across the bay.
(c) Up the river.
(d) The flank of their troops.

4. What does Wychwood take to England with him when he leaves?
(a) Mail.
(b) Reports.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Treaties.

5. What does Wychwood bring back from his diplomatic mission?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Dispatches.
(c) Orders.
(d) News.

6. What impresses the surprise visitor about Hornblower's ship?
(a) The luxurious cabins.
(b) The cramped spaces and happy men.
(c) The cleanliness.
(d) The military strategy.

7. How does Braun react when Hornblower asks him to go to dinner with him and Wychwood?
(a) He has a flash of defiant anger.
(b) He seems overly-excited.
(c) He has no reaction whatsoever.
(d) He acts very awkwardly.

8. Who does Wychwood say is at now at war with France?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) England.

9. What kind of fires are burning on the shore when Hornblower talks about the impossibility of war?
(a) Signal fires.
(b) Fire from burning ships.
(c) Bivouac fires.
(d) Explosive fire.

10. Where does Hornblower read about the different views of this attack on the Blancehfleur?
(a) Official orders.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) Scuttlebut.

11. What city does the French capture while Hornblower is at Riga?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Konigsburg.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Serbia.

12. Where does Hornblower go to observe the movements of the armies at Riga?
(a) A tall tree.
(b) The crow's nest of the ship.
(c) A churchtower.
(d) The mausoleum.

13. Who does Hornblower meet on shore after he captures an important prisoner?
(a) Essen.
(b) Essay.
(c) Essex.
(d) Esses.

14. What valuable French asset was destroyed by Hornblower in the blocked dock?
(a) Dried meat.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Cannon shot.
(d) Black powder.

15. What causes Hornblower to be homesick while he is at Riga?
(a) A friend's death.
(b) A dream.
(c) A letter from Barbara.
(d) The sight of a family in Riga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the bomb ketches used to destroy at Riga?

2. What kind of boat does Hornblower take to shore when he sees the smoke?

3. What percentage of his men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?

4. Who is Hornblower worried will not approve of his actions?

5. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?

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