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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bush fret about the loss of his foot?
(a) It will make promotion, or even active-duty service, unlikely.
(b) It itches him though it's not there.
(c) It is still not healing well.
(d) It will reduce his chances at a good marriage.

2. What intrigues Hornblower as he observes the activities of the harbor?
(a) The fact that there are a dozen or more American vessels.
(b) That there are ten captured English vessels in the harbor.
(c) The local blockade effort.
(d) That the French have only one frigate in the harbor.

3. What happens to the searches?
(a) They are intensified now thinking the men will relax their guard.
(b) They are still occuring almost daily.
(c) They continue at sporadic times.
(d) They are discontinued.

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

5. What must the men discard?
(a) Their supplies.
(b) Their boat.
(c) Their disguise as fishermen.
(d) Their weapons.

6. 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) Whether Barbara will still be interested in him.
(d) If his wife is still waiting for him.

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

8. What do the newspapers announce finally?
(a) That only Hornblower is being offered amnesty.
(b) That the war is over.
(c) That Hornblower and his companions drown in an escape attempt.
(d) That Brown and Bush only are offered amnesty.

9. What happens as weeks pass?
(a) Brown learns to speak fluent French.
(b) Bush is still very weak and bedridden.
(c) Hornblower receives a letter from his wife.
(d) Bush fully recovers.

10. Of what does the fleet commander inform Hornblower?
(a) That Hornblowr faces forced retirement.
(b) That Hornblower will assume command of the HMS Java.
(c) That Hornblower is to receive the Navy Service Medal.
(d) That Hornblower is under official arrest pending court martial.

11. What have the men reached?
(a) The tidewater.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) The lake into which the river flows.
(d) England.

12. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?
(a) The end of the war with Napoleon.
(b) The new steam engines.
(c) The victory of Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar.
(d) Hornblower's virtues and amazement at his exploits.

13. How does Hornblower visualize his wife?
(a) As finally able to become involved with her childhood love.
(b) As happy to be free of him.
(c) He tries not to think of her.
(d) As a widow in mourning.

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

15. Who visits Hornblower back at his residence in England?
(a) Admiral Leighton.
(b) The French Count.
(c) Brown.
(d) Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower observe in the towns through which they pass?

2. Why would Hornblower be shot immediately if caught?

3. What do the men carefully observe?

4. How is Hornblower able to bluster his way onto the cutter he decides to steal?

5. For how long has Hornblower been without sleep?

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