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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men put in their boat?
(a) Several weapons.
(b) Not many supplies because it would look suspicious.
(c) Supplies and fishing gear.
(d) Supplies and Hornblower and Bushe's swords hidden away.

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

4. What disguise do the three men don?
(a) That of Dutch customs officials.
(b) Spanish peasants.
(c) Dutch merchants.
(d) French peasants.

5. What do the men carefully observe?
(a) The way the foliage along the banks change.
(b) The directions the fish swim.
(c) The angle of the sun.
(d) The river's flow.

6. How does Hornblower get assistance from the local pilot?
(a) He offers him a large bribe.
(b) He does not need a pilot.
(c) He offers him a high position in the English navy.
(d) He threatens him.

7. What does Hornblower learn in a letter from Barbara?
(a) That she adopted his son.
(b) That she left her husband.
(c) That Marie died quickly and peacefully.
(d) That she is nursing her husband back to health.

8. How does the riverbed change?
(a) From dark silt to light sand.
(b) From heavy rock to gravel to sand.
(c) From sand to gravel.
(d) From sand to large rocks and boulders.

9. What does Hornblower notice about Brown as they are leaving?
(a) His French is quite good.
(b) He has a wedding ring on his finger.
(c) Nothing in particular.
(d) He seems to have had a romantic relationship with at least two women.

10. Who weeps when Brown says goodbye?
(a) Felix's daughter.
(b) A farm girl in the next village.
(c) Bertrand's oldest daughter.
(d) All the serving women.

11. What's the biggest problem of escaping once a vessel is secured?
(a) Avoiding the cannons at the fort.
(b) Piloting through the difficult estuarial waters.
(c) Not being fired upon by British ships.
(d) Sneaking past the local militia.

12. How do the men propel the boat?
(a) They drift with the current.
(b) They paddle.
(c) They have a sail.
(d) They row.

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

14. What happens to the vessel Hornblower stole?
(a) It is purchased into service.
(b) It is converted to a merchant vessel.
(c) It is sold for private use.
(d) It is converted to a transport vessel.

15. Who gives chase to Hornblower's vessel?
(a) Three boats full of heavily-armed men.
(b) A French frigate.
(c) An American frigate.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?

2. What intrigues Hornblower as he observes the activities of the harbor?

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

4. What does Hornblower do the next morning after rescue?

5. What does Hornblower hope about Barbara?

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