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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Hornblower hear in the distance?
(a) A scream.
(b) A shot.
(c) A crash.
(d) A fog horn.
2. What is parallel to the canal?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A line of trees right along the bank.
(c) A footpath.
(d) A paved road.
3. What happens to the lead barge?
(a) It spins sideways.
(b) It rams an underwater obstacle.
(c) It springs a leak.
(d) It sinks in under a minute.
4. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?
(a) A hearing of advisement.
(b) A court martial.
(c) A party hosted by the king.
(d) His wife's birthing.
5. What does Hornblower declare about the men on the London brig?
(a) That they are to be tied up and thrown overboard.
(b) That they can have amnesty.
(c) That they are pirates.
(d) Nothing.
6. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?
(a) The London tower.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) London Bridge.
(d) The Crossroads guard.
7. What do the three Sinhalese divers do?
(a) Insult Hornblower by accident.
(b) Sleep on the fore deck.
(c) Only obey McCullum.
(d) Dive for pearls.
8. What fascinates Hornblower on the trip?
(a) The various types of terrain they pass.
(b) The way the scrawny mules are able to pull so much weight.
(c) The way the boat is constructed.
(d) The way the sails are manipulated.
9. From where does Hornblower hang his pocket watch?
(a) His fob.
(b) His neck.
(c) The bridle of the lead horse.
(d) The coffin.
10. With what does Atropos arm his crew?
(a) Just knives.
(b) Just muskets.
(c) Swords and bayonets.
(d) Muskets and cutlasses.
11. What will carry the dignitaries during the procession?
(a) Some open topped surreys.
(b) The King's carriages.
(c) A series of barges.
(d) They will walk behind the caisson carrying the casket.
12. What does Hornblower do on the lengthy voyage to Gibraltar?
(a) Drill his crew.
(b) Write his memoirs.
(c) Teach his midshipmen about currents.
(d) Study celestial navigation.
13. What does Hornblower find when he returns to his hotel room?
(a) His wife has had a baby girl.
(b) His wife is dead.
(c) His wife has returned to their home.
(d) His wife is alive but the baby is dead.
14. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent going?
(a) London Square.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Picadilly.
(d) St. James.
15. Whose funeral procession is Hornblower charged with planning?
(a) Lord Barton.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Lord Nelson.
(d) Admiral Fulton.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hornblower have his crew do?
2. What does Hornblower ask the King?
3. What does Hornblower do at Oxford?
4. Upon what does payment to Tom Jenkins depend?
5. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?
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