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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen to Eisenbeiss if McCullum dies?
(a) Flogging or worse.
(b) Nothing; it was a fair duel.
(c) Imprisonment for life.
(d) Monetary penalty.

2. How does Hornblower light the fuse?
(a) By dropping a live coal in the barrel.
(b) Through a long pipe.
(c) Through a hole in the barrel.
(d) By striking flint against the core.

3. Where is McCullum?
(a) On the ship.
(b) Dead.
(c) In a hospital on the mainland.
(d) In a small boat headed to the mainland.

4. What does Hornblower notice about the nearby fortress one morning?
(a) It is burning.
(b) It is under attack.
(c) It is no longer deserted.
(d) They are reinforcing the walls.

5. What does Hornblower decide to pursue?
(a) A Spanish privateer.
(b) A French privateer.
(c) Salvaging.
(d) The band of nomads who robs the Atropos.

6. What is improbable that Castilla does?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Moves fairly fast even though she is taking on water.
(c) Sinks the French man-o-war.
(d) Continues the chase into open seas.

7. How does the Mudir respond to Hornblower's anger?
(a) With glee.
(b) With sarcasm.
(c) Expressionless.
(d) With anger.

8. Why do they want to go in through the lazarette?
(a) It is the weakest wall of the ship.
(b) It is where the gold and silver was stored.
(c) It is faced away from the land so the natives cannot see what is going on.
(d) It is the only part of the hull not under the sand.

9. What size guns does the other English frigate bear?
(a) 11-pounders.
(b) 9-pounders.
(c) Twenty guns of various sizes.
(d) Ten large cannon and 20 carronades.

10. Who purchases the Atropos?
(a) The King of Crete.
(b) The Mudir of Turkey.
(c) The King of Sicily.
(d) Hornblower.

11. How is the dinner?
(a) Hornblower is bored.
(b) Tense.
(c) Enjoyable.
(d) A disaster.

12. How many guns has the Castilla?
(a) 72.
(b) 36.
(c) 44.
(d) 10.

13. What does Hornblower call the supplies McCullum takes on board?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Worthless.
(c) He has no opinion.
(d) Strange.

14. What does the Mudir suggest?
(a) The Atropos should exchange goods rather than outright purchasing them.
(b) The Atropos will have to remain for awhile to fully provision.
(c) The Atropos should try some of the local foods.
(d) The Atropos should sail around to the other side of the island.

15. Where does Atropos go after discharging the treasure?
(a) In search of Collingwood's fleet.
(b) The Straits of Magellan.
(c) England.
(d) The coast off of Brest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of shape are the ships after the fighting?

2. On what does Hornblower congratulate himself?

3. Who comes aboard the Atropos?

4. To where does Atropos set sail?

5. What will have to be used to enter the reinforced lazarette?

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