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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is William McCullum?
(a) The most outstanding midshipman.
(b) Hornblower's brother-in-law.
(c) The wreck master and director of the Coromandel Coast.
(d) Hornblower's second in command.

2. What is discovered about many of the casks of meat on board the Atropos?
(a) They are inedible.
(b) They are tough, tasteless but useable.
(c) The rats ate them.
(d) They are much better quality than usual.

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

4. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?
(a) Four servants.
(b) Four monkeys.
(c) A parrot.
(d) Extensive baggage.

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

6. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?
(a) The Prince has not yet arrived.
(b) They are short 20 topmen, water, food, powder and shot.
(c) Half the crew have smallpox.
(d) Their orders have not yet arrived.

7. What vessel does Hornblower encounter?
(a) The Shannon.
(b) The Binghamton.
(c) The Amelia Jane.
(d) The Cordelie.

8. What happens as the barge approaches its destination?
(a) It sinks.
(b) It becalms itself.
(c) It becomes less maneuverable.
(d) It rams the dock.

9. What does Hornblower do at Oxford?
(a) Goes back to his cabin.
(b) Disembarks to finish the journey on horse.
(c) Files a complaint with the ship's owner.
(d) Leaves his wife and child in the care of a physician.

10. Even if Napoleon rules the earth at the moment, what consoles Hornblower?
(a) Nothing lasts forever.
(b) England rules the seas.
(c) Napoleon doesn't rule his wife, just like every other man.
(d) The seas are up for grabs.

11. What is a wherry?
(a) An animal similar to a cow.
(b) A flat ferry barge.
(c) A rowed craft.
(d) A cross between a horse and a special type of donkey.

12. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent maneuvered?
(a) To a smaller group of people.
(b) To speak in private with Admiral Nelson's widow.
(c) To the balcony overlooking the Thames.
(d) Out the door to the gardens.

13. Whose funeral procession is Hornblower charged with planning?
(a) Lord Nelson.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Lord Barton.
(d) Admiral Fulton.

14. Where does Hornblower play with his son?
(a) In the nursery.
(b) In the hotel common room.
(c) He does not have time to see his son.
(d) In his hotel room.

15. Why is Atropos forced to swing at anchor?
(a) A French man-o-war.
(b) Customs.
(c) To take another person on board.
(d) Thick fog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do at the end of the day of loading Atropos?

2. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?

3. What does the Prince want to do?

4. Where do the Hornblowers leave the canal boat?

5. What fascinates Hornblower on the trip?

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