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

3. What is the surname of the host?
(a) de Ladon.
(b) de Bourbon.
(c) de Compte.
(d) de Guerria.

4. How are the men received?
(a) They are held at gunpoint.
(b) They are shot.
(c) They are turned away.
(d) They are invited into the house.

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

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

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

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

9. What comes easy to Brown?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Mastering almost any skill.
(d) Letting go of worry.

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

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

12. Where does the coach slide?
(a) Into a mud bog.
(b) Off the elevated roadway and almost into the river.
(c) Into a huge tree.
(d) Into Napoleon's carriage.

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

14. What is the atmosphere in France because of Napoleon's reign?
(a) Fear.
(b) Confused.
(c) Joyousness.
(d) Depressed.

15. Where are Hornblower and the other two taken?
(a) To the barn.
(b) To the kitchen.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the parlour.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Hornblower answer the Count?

2. Why is the Count opposed to the current administration?

3. About what does Hornblower fret when in Rosas?

4. Who interviews Hornblower?

5. How is Admiral Leighton's victory made possible?

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