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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the fleet commander receive Hornblower?
(a) He is unable to meet with Hornblower for a few days.
(b) With surprise.
(c) With indignation.
(d) With coolness.

2. With whom do the men become acquainted?
(a) Marie's family.
(b) Two English spies who are based in the village.
(c) No one since they are hiding.
(d) Felix and his family.

3. Who does he notice laboring at the docks?
(a) Captured English citizens.
(b) Chain gains of slaves.
(c) Many Americans.
(d) Captured English sailors.

4. Why would Hornblower be shot immediately if caught?
(a) So he could not ridicule the French government for making an inaccurate announcement.
(b) So he couldn't escape again.
(c) The French government would not admit to making a mistake.
(d) He would be considered a spy.

5. What does Hornblower do the next morning after rescue?
(a) Asks for permission to sail to England.
(b) Delivers a more detailed accounting of their adventures.
(c) Sets the men he captured afloat in a small boat.
(d) Visits the men whom he liberated and offers them service in the English navy.

6. Why must they find another boat?
(a) They want to send it back to its owner.
(b) Their sank when they hit a sandbar.
(c) Theirs is too noticeable.
(d) Theirs is unsuitable for the high seas.

7. Of what does the fleet commander assure Hornblower?
(a) That the commander's decree is routine procedure.
(b) That he will do all he can to keep Bush in the navy.
(c) That he will do all he can to ensure that Bush retains his field promotion.
(d) That Brown will be assigned to a vesself of his choice.

8. How much money does Hornblower receive from the sale of the vessel he captures?
(a) 55 pounds.
(b) 2600 pounds.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1000 pounds.

9. What does Brown make for Bush?
(a) A set of crutches.
(b) A wheelchair.
(c) A new sword.
(d) Various peg legs.

10. What is the nickname of the commander of the fleet?
(a) Jimmy the Pirate.
(b) Jimmy the Hand.
(c) Dismal Jimmy.
(d) Sad Face.

11. What is the Witch of Endor?
(a) The local apothecary.
(b) An American merchant vessel.
(c) A captured pirate vessel.
(d) A Former English boat.

12. Where is Hornblower often gazing?
(a) At the distant town of Nevers and the River.
(b) At Felix's daughter.
(c) At Marie.
(d) At Bertrand's daughter.

13. What delights Hornblower?
(a) That Marie seems to find him attractive.
(b) That Bush is not interested in Marie.
(c) That Brown has become involved with a woman.
(d) That the Count likes to play whist.

14. What worries Hornblower about their eventual arrival home?
(a) Whether he will be given another command.
(b) A court martial for the loss of his ship.
(c) If his wife is still waiting for him.
(d) Whether Barbara will still be interested in him.

15. Why does the third boat turn back?
(a) Because Hornblower sinks two of them.
(b) Because they have no means of propelling themselves forward.
(c) They get too tired.
(d) Because the fort is opening fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the three men come to realize?

2. How many men were killed through the battle where Hornblower lost his ship?

3. What do the men detect?

4. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?

5. What happens to the searches?

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