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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. How many men were wounded?
(a) 33.
(b) 221.
(c) 145.
(d) 580.
2. About what does Hornblower feel ashamed?
(a) His envy of Brown's popularity.
(b) His fear of dying.
(c) His impatience with Bush's handicap.
(d) His relationship with the Count's daughter-in-law.
3. What is the Witch of Endor?
(a) An American merchant vessel.
(b) A captured pirate vessel.
(c) A Former English boat.
(d) The local apothecary.
4. What does Bush have great difficulty doing?
(a) Walking on his leg with the missing foot.
(b) Staying in France for so long.
(c) Accepting Hornblower's friendship.
(d) Speaking French.
5. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?
(a) Admiral Lord Nelson.
(b) Sir Thomas Drake.
(c) Admiral Leighton.
(d) Admiral Lord Gambier.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens every few days?
2. What's the biggest problem of escaping once a vessel is secured?
3. What happens to the vessel Hornblower stole?
4. Where is Hornblower often gazing?
5. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has the relationship between the three men changed since being on board ship?
2. 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?
3. How might their escape from the French be viewed and what additional bonus did they bring with their escape?
4. What is a humorous aspect of the river trip having to do with being on fresh water?
5. What does Hornblower and Bush do with Marie and the Count to help pass the time? How does Bush do with it?
6. What happens as the weeks pass with Bush and how does Brown help him?
7. How might Hornblower's reaction to the events with Marie be viewed in terms of characterization?
8. What characteristics of the three men enhance their disguises?
9. What is Hornblower's status at the end of Chapter 17 and how does he view his possible future?
10. What happens to Bush upon their return to England and what does Hornblower still fret about?
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