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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Hornblower feel ashamed?

2. After passing through Blois, Chaumont, Amboise, Tour, and Langeais, what does Brown announce?

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

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

5. What's the biggest problem of escaping once a vessel is secured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Count suggest will be good disguises for the men and how does he help them with the disguise?

2. What does Hornblower realize about his status should he be caught and how does he view himself in his present situation?

3. What worries Hornblower as the days in the count's house go by? What kind of visions does he have of her and Barbara?

4. What is a humorous aspect of the river trip having to do with being on fresh water?

5. What characteristics of the three men enhance their disguises?

6. How might their escape from the French be viewed and what additional bonus did they bring with their escape?

7. Why does Hornblower discard his disguise so quickly?

8. How do you think the plan to steal the Witch of Endor could be viewed and why was it an excellent one? Who helped Hornblower and the others with taking her?

9. How are the French responding to the missing men and what finally happens that gives them some hope?

10. How might Hornblower's reaction to the events with Marie be viewed in terms of characterization?

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