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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) All his sons are killed in the war.
(c) It is immoral.
(d) It is arbitrary.

2. To whom is Marie married?
(a) Louis-Marie.
(b) Charles.
(c) Marcel.
(d) Antoine.

3. About what does Hornblower fret when in Rosas?
(a) If the Spanish will decide to float an Armada.
(b) The fate of his wife Maria.
(c) Whether the Dutch will join with Napoleon.
(d) Why he has not yet been rescued.

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

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

6. Who comes to the Count's residence?
(a) Caillard.
(b) Marie's sister.
(c) Marie's parents.
(d) Soldiers inquiring about any fugitives.

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

8. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?
(a) Hilt-less tang and the blade's gilding scraped off.
(b) Broken in two.
(c) Polished and sharpened.
(d) Polished.

9. Who shares the interviewer's lack of concern for the welfare of those under his supervision?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Leighton.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Suarez.

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

11. 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) Bush is scheduled for execution so if he dies on the journey, it does not matter.
(c) The Colonel thinks traveling is no worse as languishing in a prison.
(d) They have a physician to travel with them.

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

13. What do they do with Caillard?
(a) Strip him of his clothing and force him to start walking down the road.
(b) Tie him and take him as a hostage.
(c) Knock him out and tie him in the coach.
(d) Kill him.

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

15. What is frightening that the men encounter?
(a) Rapids.
(b) French patrol boats.
(c) Ice floes.
(d) Large whales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the surname of the host?

2. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?

3. Why are they taken there?

4. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?

5. Where does the coach slide?

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