2. What does Hornblower learn about Leighton?
(a) He is badly wounded.
(b) He is being court martialed.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is being relieved of command.

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

4. How long does Hornblower figure the voyage will take?
(a) 3 days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) 5-12 days.
(d) A month and a half.

5. What is disgraceful about the French behavior after the English strike their colors?
(a) The French robbed the English.
(b) The French kill any seriously wounded Englishmen.
(c) The French put Hornblower and the other officers in the dungeon.
(d) The French whip Hornblower in front of his and their men.

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

7. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

8. Where do the men spend their first night in France?
(a) Cerbère.
(b) Calysos.
(c) Etiennen.
(d) Rosas.

9. What does the doctor do to help Bush?
(a) He removes one of the arterial ligatures.
(b) He gives him feverfew.
(c) He gives him laudanum.
(d) He soaks him in a hot tub of water.

10. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) First and second mate.
(b) Both midshipmen.
(c) First mate and Steward.
(d) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.

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

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

13. Who hopes to face death with "colours flying"?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Hornblower's crew.
(c) Bush.
(d) Brown.

14. Why do Hornblower and Brown have to drag the boat free?
(a) It is caught in thick weeds.
(b) It is caught in a small water whirlpool.
(c) It snags on an underwater log.
(d) It grounds in shallow water.

15. What does the doctor tell Caillard?
(a) Bush can travel in a day.
(b) They should just leave Bush there as he is about to die anyway.
(c) Bush can travel immediately.
(d) Bush's recovery is at a critical stage.