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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the boat arrive at the Thames River proper?
(a) Right in the heart of London.
(b) Near Lechlade.
(c) Near Stratford-on-Avon.
(d) Near Avondale.

2. What is the horse driver doing?
(a) Singing in a loud voice.
(b) Drinking gin continually.
(c) Dozing on top of one of the horses.
(d) Cruelly whipping the horses.

3. What is the name of the privateer Hornblower captures?
(a) The Versed.
(b) The Lady of Verdun.
(c) The Vengeance.
(d) The Esquire.

4. What is the name of the Tunnel through which the boat goes?
(a) Flewert.
(b) Dunwiddy.
(c) Eaton.
(d) Sapperton.

5. How fast does the boat move?
(a) 3 mph.
(b) 9 mph.
(c) 13 mph.
(d) 25 mph.

6. What is parallel to the canal?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A footpath.
(c) A line of trees right along the bank.
(d) A paved road.

7. What month and year is it that the Atropos sails to Gibraltar?
(a) June, 1810.
(b) August, 1804.
(c) July, 1806.
(d) September, 1808.

8. Where does the Hornblower family board the vessel?
(a) Cotswold.
(b) Essex.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Oxford.

9. What is Hornblower missing?
(a) His sword.
(b) His hat.
(c) His left epaulet.
(d) His watch.

10. What does Hornblower take care with as far as the loading is concerned?
(a) That it is proper so as not to throw off the trim.
(b) That his sailors help the stevedores.
(c) That it is done quickly.
(d) That it is completed within a week.

11. Where do the Hornblowers leave the canal boat?
(a) Bennington.
(b) Piccadilly.
(c) Brentford.
(d) Hartford.

12. What does Hornblower arrange to be brought on board?
(a) His own cook.
(b) Powder, shot and water.
(c) The judge for the court martial of a crewmember.
(d) A commissioner.

13. What is procured at Oxford?
(a) A room at a plush inn.
(b) An arrest warrant for the drunk teamster.
(c) A fresh crew.
(d) Lunch.

14. What does Hornblower have Horrocks do?
(a) Take a small boat with the coffin to the next barge in line.
(b) Hold the tiller while two men repair the leak.
(c) Take a small boat to find a new barge.
(d) Start bailing.

15. What did Hornblower do as personal penance when he left England?
(a) He does not say goodbye to Maria.
(b) He spends some of his own money on supplies.
(c) He lodges an official complaint.
(d) He spends an extra day with Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who forbids Hornblower entrance to the room where the coffin lies in state?

2. Even if Napoleon rules the earth at the moment, what consoles Hornblower?

3. What does Hornblower do as soon as Maria is safely situated in their hotel?

4. How does St. Vincent refer to Hornblower?

5. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?

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