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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the coach stopped frequently?
(a) So the soldiers can clear a way through the forest.
(b) So Bush can rest.
(c) So Hornblower can argue with Caillard.
(d) To clear the horses' hooves.

2. How does Hornblower try to save Bush from execution?
(a) By bribing the guards to get him away.
(b) By writing Napoleon.
(c) Says Bush was under orders.
(d) By giving the interviewer false information.

3. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?
(a) He has enough money to replace it.
(b) He was ordered into battle under terrible odds.
(c) He has recovered many French ships for the British.
(d) He is considered a hero and no one minds the loss of one ship.

4. Why is Bush at a critical stage of his recovery?
(a) He has not been wounded very long.
(b) The ligatures of arteries still extend beyond the wound and the stump has yet to heal over.
(c) He is psychologically hoping for death.
(d) His stump is still bleeding.

5. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) Calais.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Brown.
(d) A local physician.

6. What is the casualty count for Hornblower's crew?
(a) About one third of her crew are killed or wounded.
(b) All but five of her crew die in the battle.
(c) Two thirds of her crew are killed or wounded.
(d) All but five of her crew survive with no serious wounds.

7. What is remarkable about Hornblower and the battle?
(a) His ship is virtually uninjured.
(b) He escapes uninjured.
(c) He is able to kill or wound 10 of the French crew himself alone.
(d) He could not see because of an eye injury yet still conducted the battle as commander.

8. When do the men escape?
(a) Midday.
(b) In the early morning.
(c) They have not yet escaped.
(d) In the dark.

9. In what way does Hornblower answer the Count?
(a) The Count does not question Hornblower that evening.
(b) Defensively.
(c) Evasively.
(d) Honestly.

10. How old is Brown?
(a) 28.
(b) 44.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

11. How does Brown feel at dinner?
(a) Self-conscious.
(b) Confused.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Relaxed.

12. How is Admiral Leighton's victory made possible?
(a) The French crews were on shore.
(b) Because of Hornblower's efforts a few days earlier.
(c) The French had pulled most of their fleet away to another port.
(d) There was help from the locals.

13. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?
(a) His desire to be retired first.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His possible execution and he is already married.
(d) His honor.

14. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?
(a) The execution of some spies.
(b) England across the sound.
(c) The ruined and dismasted wreck of his ship.
(d) His men being put to work as laborers.

15. With what does Hornblower struggle?
(a) Nothing at the moment.
(b) His fear of discovery.
(c) His sense of honor in staying there.
(d) His inadequate French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer by the Count does Hornblower decline?

2. Why is Hornblower thrown into the water?

3. How is Bush injured?

4. Where does the coach slide?

5. How many miles have the men traveled on the first day?

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