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

3. Why must the men exhibit extreme caution now?
(a) Napoleon's agents routinely patrol this area.
(b) They are free of France and do not need to be cautious any more.
(c) There are posters of them hung on the town's boards.
(d) There is a battle going on nearby.

4. What vessel do the men spot?
(a) The Leopard.
(b) The Nelson.
(c) The Triumph.
(d) The Java.

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

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

7. What is the fleet commander's response to Hornblower's account?
(a) He states that Hornblower was promoted in absentia.
(b) He states that Hornblower has enjoyed the protection and guidance of divine providence.
(c) He does not offer an opinion.
(d) He states that Hornblower is considered a traitor.

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

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

10. How many men were killed through the battle where Hornblower lost his ship?
(a) 117.
(b) 44.
(c) 231.
(d) 2.

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

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

13. Where is the vessel Hornblower captured going?
(a) To drydock in Holland.
(b) Back to help blockade the port from which it is stolen.
(c) To England with dispatches.
(d) No where; it will join this fleet.

14. What arrives over the next few days?
(a) Much mail.
(b) Marie's relatives.
(c) A new crew for Hornblower's new command.
(d) A cadre of lawyers to prepare Hornblower for his court martial.

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