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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Count opposed to the current administration?
(a) It is unjust.
(b) It is immoral.
(c) All his sons are killed in the war.
(d) It is arbitrary.

2. What is Marie's background?
(a) Italian peasant.
(b) French middle class.
(c) English farmer.
(d) French peasant.

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

4. Why is Hornblower thrown into the water?
(a) Brown accidentally knocks him in with an oar.
(b) He intentionally gets in the water.
(c) The boat capsizes.
(d) The boat hits a tree limb.

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

6. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(b) That gangrene has set into the stump.
(c) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.
(d) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.

7. What happens when Hornblower withdraws the final ligature from Bush's stump?
(a) The wound immediately appears better.
(b) Bush faints.
(c) The wound bleeds and oozes pus.
(d) Brown faints while watching.

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

9. What happens to his men daily?
(a) They are forced into extremely crowded cells.
(b) They continue to die of their wounds.
(c) They are flogged and tortured.
(d) They are put on exhibit for the scorn and ridicule of the local populace.

10. Why are they taken there?
(a) To meet the rest of the familyl.
(b) To read up on the news.
(c) It is the warmest room in the house.
(d) That is the only place the Comte will let them stay.

11. What does the Spanish warden demand?
(a) That Hornblower be executed in Rosas.
(b) That Hornblower and Bush not be transported until after Christmas.
(c) That Hornblower be allowed an appeal trial in Rosas.
(d) That Hornblower, as a gentleman, be allowed a personal attendant on the voyage.

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

13. What does Hornblower find envious about Brown?
(a) His dexterity.
(b) His ability to make friends quickly.
(c) His fluent French.
(d) His easy-going nature.

14. About what does Hornblower think all night?
(a) Death.
(b) Maria.
(c) Laura.
(d) His son.

15. Who interviews Hornblower?
(a) Colonel Jean-Baptiste Caillard.
(b) Colonel Suarez.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the coach slide?

2. What does the Innkeeper do after the men are loaded into the coach?

3. How does Hornblower's interviewer act?

4. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?

5. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?

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