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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Hornblower receive?
(a) That his son is born and well.
(b) That his wife thought him dead and remarries.
(c) That he is the proud father of twins.
(d) That his wife dies in childbirth.

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

3. How is Hornblower able to bluster his way onto the cutter he decides to steal?
(a) Because his Dutch rank on the uniform he is wearing is quite high.
(b) He pretends to have a missive from Napoleon.
(c) He is wearing a high-ranking French general's uniform.
(d) He pretends he is a new recruit.

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

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

6. Why are two of the boats delayed at bit?
(a) They are arguing about pursuit.
(b) They lose their oars.
(c) Picking up men from the first boat which Hornblower sinks.
(d) They acidentally ram each other.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Who builds a boat?
(a) Bertrand and his sons.
(b) Felix and his son-in-law.
(c) Bush and Brown.
(d) Hornblower and Brown.

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

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

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

14. How does Hornblower gather a crew?
(a) He impresses them by authority of his rank.
(b) He offers triple pay.
(c) He doesn't need any more men than the three of them.
(d) He frees a group of men on a chain gang.

15. For how long has Hornblower been without sleep?
(a) 72 hours.
(b) Almost a week
(c) 40 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the third boat turn back?

3. Why does Bush fret about the loss of his foot?

4. What is the nickname of the commander of the fleet?

5. Who does he notice laboring at the docks?

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