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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is worried about Hornblower's treatment of his surprise visitor the day after the ball?
(a) Bush.
(b) Briggs.
(c) Wychwood.
(d) Braun.

2. What important prisoner does Hornblower capture as he heads to shore when he sees the smoke?
(a) Jersey.
(b) Jussey.
(c) Josephe.
(d) Jose.

3. Who is Hornblower worried will not approve of his actions?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Sir Richard.
(c) The Czar.
(d) The Admiralty.

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

5. What does Hornblower have prepared for his surprise visitor's lunch the day after the ball?
(a) Caviar and Vodka.
(b) Boiled meats and potatoes.
(c) Biscuits and gravy.
(d) Exotic fruits and meats.

6. What is the name of the man who gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?
(a) Cole.
(b) Crandall.
(c) Crane.
(d) Claim.

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

8. Where is Braun sent after he is stopped from his plan at the dinner by Hornblower?
(a) The Brig.
(b) England.
(c) Finland.
(d) Prison.

9. Where is Hornblower sent after Wychwood's diplomatic trip?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Riga.
(c) London.
(d) Frankfort.

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

11. How does Hornblower feel when he wakes up the morning after the ball?
(a) He panics about Braun.
(b) He has a hangover.
(c) He feels guilty.
(d) He can't remember much about the night before.

12. What does Hornblower call the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?
(a) Mules.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Camels.
(d) Clydesdales.

13. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?
(a) Kornistown.
(b) Konigsburg.
(c) Kongistown.
(d) Klarksburg.

14. What percentage of his men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-fifth.
(c) One-twentieth.
(d) One-tenth.

15. What does Hornblower fill the barges with that he connects to the bomb ketches?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Sand.
(c) Timber.
(d) Cannonballs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?

2. Who is the young man who is ignored at the dinner with Wychwood?

3. What does Braun plan to do at the dinner with Wychwood?

4. What does Wychwood take to England with him when he leaves?

5. What event does Hornblower attend with the Countess and her husband?

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