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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?
(a) To stand trial.
(b) To be executed.
(c) To be ransomed.
(d) To be given parole.

2. How does Caillard respond?
(a) He says he will give Bush one week to get better before they move on.
(b) He orders Bush readied for travel.
(c) He gives Bush 24 hours.
(d) He orders Bush executed immediately.

3. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?
(a) Eating at a table with china and silverware.
(b) Tending to Bush's wound.
(c) Speaking on equal terms with Hornblower.
(d) Traveling outside of England.

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

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

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

7. How many miles have the men traveled on the first day?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 12.
(d) 23.

8. 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.

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

10. Why does the Colonel decide to go ahead with the transport of Bush and Hornblower despite Bush's injuries?
(a) They want to execute him on Bastille Day.
(b) They have a physician to travel with them.
(c) Bush is scheduled for execution so if he dies on the journey, it does not matter.
(d) The Colonel thinks traveling is no worse as languishing in a prison.

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

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

13. What is the year?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1799.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many French vessels does Hornblower destroy or incapacitate?

2. Where are Hornblower and the other two taken?

3. How does Brown feel at dinner?

4. What do the men encounter downriver?

5. How are the men received?

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