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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Hornblower's flotilla from entering the dock at the destination after the ball?
(a) A net.
(b) A sandbar.
(c) A reef.
(d) A giant boom.

2. What do the French armies construct as they approach the Russian villages?
(a) Blockades.
(b) Forts.
(c) Saps.
(d) Trenches.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Who is the young man who is ignored at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Alec.
(b) Allan.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Alexi.

7. Who is killed while the bomb ketches are in action at Riga?
(a) Mound.
(b) Miller.
(c) Millet.
(d) Mung.

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

9. What is the maneuver Hornblower uses on the French called by the Russians?
(a) A feint.
(b) A sortie.
(c) A skirmish.
(d) A flanker.

10. 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) Exotic fruits and meats.
(d) Biscuits and gravy.

11. What does Hornblower do with the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?
(a) Lights them on fire and sends them after a French ship.
(b) Uses the cannonballs.
(c) Empties the sand to raise the bomb ketches.
(d) Sails the ammunition he cannot use to ally ships.

12. What kind of ship does Hornblower send Wychwood on for a diplomatic mission?
(a) The bomb ketch.
(b) A sloop.
(c) A cutter.
(d) A merchant.

13. Where is Hornblower supposed to escort Wychwood to?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Russia.

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

15. Where does Hornblower's crew go to celebrate the victory over the Blanchefleur?
(a) The main deck.
(b) The captain's cabin.
(c) On shore.
(d) Hornblower's mess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Wychwood say is at now at war with France?

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

4. What does Hornblower have his men do as they are heading to the next destination after the ball?

5. What does Hornblower hear as he discusses the impossibility of war?

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