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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. What does Braun plan to do at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Challenge the King to a duel.
(b) Blackmail the Prince.
(c) Kidnap the Queen.
(d) Assassinate the Czar.

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

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

4. What does Hornblower hear as he discusses the impossibility of war?
(a) Screams.
(b) Rifle shots.
(c) Cannon fire.
(d) Singing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after the ball?

2. Which ships does Hornblower designate as the escape vessels at the blocked dock?

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

4. What does Hornblower do after the dinner with Wychwood?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower do to get his bomb ketches in on the action at Riga?

2. How does Hornblower treat his surprise visitor the day after the ball, and how is this treatment received?

3. How did Hornblower's plan at the blocked dock work?

4. What does Hornblower talk about when a pilot comes to take him on shore at Riga?

5. What does Hornblower see on the coast of Riga, and how does he know what they are?

6. What does Hornblower worry about as he heads to Riga?

7. Where does Hornblower decide to take his flotilla after his surprise visitor leaves?

8. Where does General Essen take Hornblower when he gets to shore, and how does Hornblower enjoy it?

9. What terrible news is heard at the end of Chapter 21?

10. What does Cole do at Riga that is looked down on by Hornblower?

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