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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after the ball?
(a) Noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sunset.

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

3. What did Braun plan to use in his plan to disrupt the dinner?
(a) A pistol.
(b) Knives.
(c) A rifle.
(d) His sword.

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

5. Where does Wychwood think Napoleon is planning his next attack after his diplomatic trip?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) London.
(d) Riga.

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

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

8. What do the men at dinner with Wychwood talk about?
(a) Women.
(b) Politics.
(c) War.
(d) Money.

9. How many of Hornblower's men are wounded in the blocked dock?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

10. What keeps Hornblower from being able to use his bomb ketches?
(a) Shoaling waters.
(b) A sand bar.
(c) A boom.
(d) French Priximity.

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

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

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

14. What does Miss Canerine introduce Hornblower to at the dinner?
(a) Caviar.
(b) Red Wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Patte.

15. What does Hornblower do after the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Falls asleep in the dining room.
(b) Punishes Braun.
(c) Sneaks back to his ship.
(d) Makes love to Miss Canerine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ships does Hornblower put on nigh time alert at Riga?

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

3. What important prisoner does Hornblower capture as he heads to shore when he sees the smoke?

4. How does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after leaving the ball?

5. Who comes to visit Hornblower's ship under a different name the day after the ball?

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