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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do in the reading room?
(a) Reads the notice of his escape.
(b) Talks with Marie about her life there.
(c) Falls asleep in the chair.
(d) Reviews several weeks' worth of newspapers.

2. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?
(a) 16 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) A little over a month.
(d) About 10 days.

3. Who does Hornblower talk to after the English leave?
(a) His lawyer.
(b) His guards.
(c) His first lieutenant.
(d) A new prisoner from the latest engagement.

4. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?
(a) The wife of his admiral and the love of his life.
(b) His wife's mother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife's sister.

5. How many sons does the Count have?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

6. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 5.

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

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

9. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?
(a) A purse of money for the long voyage.
(b) A letter from Hornblower's wife.
(c) A letter to the warden's brother-in-law to help Hornblower.
(d) A testament to Hornblower's honor.

10. Who does the Count introduce?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His daughter-in-law.

11. At what does Hornblower marvel?
(a) Bush's incredible constitution.
(b) The way Brown handles all the tasks necessary to the comfort of Hornblower and Bush.
(c) The beauty of the countryside while Hornblower travels towards his death.
(d) At how bitter and hostile Caillard is.

12. What does Hornblower observe about Marie's build?
(a) She has a very fetching figure.
(b) She is stout.
(c) She is quite heavy.
(d) She is slender like a young woman.

13. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?
(a) The speed at which they are traveling.
(b) The way the French soldiers stay so close to the carriage.
(c) The bumps that cause Bush terrible agony.
(d) The fact that the people are so hostile to the Englishmen.

14. What do the men encounter downriver?
(a) A patrol of ten French soldiers.
(b) One of the English spies that is following them.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A patrol of ten mercenaries.

15. Of what is Hornblower convicted?
(a) Unlawful imprisonment of French citizens.
(b) Spying.
(c) Unlawful impressment of French citizens.
(d) Piracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor do to help Bush?

2. How does Hornblower try to save Bush from execution?

3. About how far is it to Paris from Rosas?

4. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?

5. How is Bush in the morning?

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