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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the three men come to realize?
(a) They are close friends.
(b) They all found Marie attractive.
(c) They have been gone from England for almost a year.
(d) They will probably escape.

2. What does Hornblower hope about Barbara?
(a) That she is a widow.
(b) That she is well.
(c) That she mourns his death.
(d) That she will wait longer to find another man if her husband dies.

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

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

5. What happens every few days?
(a) Local law enforcement makes various wide-area sweeps.
(b) Hornblower and Brown spar to stay in shape.
(c) Brown is sent out to spy.
(d) Hornblower goes in disguise to listen to the local news at the tavern.

6. Why do the men have to man the sweeps?
(a) The wind has died.
(b) They are being pursued.
(c) To keep the men disciplined.
(d) They need to manuever around the sandbars.

7. What uniform does Hornblower, Brown, and Bush don once on board the cutter?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) None.
(d) American.

8. What are Gien, Sully, Château-Neuf-sur-Loire, Jargeau, Orleans, and Beaugency?
(a) Towns through which the men pass.
(b) The capitols of each French province through which they pass.
(c) Towns which have been totally destroyed by the war.
(d) Names of some of the best French generals.

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

10. What does Hornblower learn about Admiral Leighton?
(a) That he dies of his wounds.
(b) That he is fully recovered and back in command.
(c) They are uncertain about Leighton's fate.
(d) That he is slowly recovering.

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

12. What does the kitchen make?
(a) Fifty pounds of ship's biscuits.
(b) Cordon Bleu.
(c) Dried fruits and jerky.
(d) Fancy breads and pastries.

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

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

15. What effect does the lack of sleep have on Hornblower?
(a) He sees confused images in a dreamlike state.
(b) He almost loses control of the men.
(c) He almost orders the vessel to head in the wrong direction.
(d) He gets seasick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men detect?

2. What do the men carefully observe?

3. Why does the third boat turn back?

4. What does Hornblower learn in a letter from Barbara?

5. How many men were wounded?

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