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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do during the salvage operations?
(a) Talks with the Mudir.
(b) Feels anxious.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Drills the crew.

2. Why does Hornblower put a spring under the Atropos anchor?
(a) He wants Atropos to stay in the harbor for some time--he suggests pirates may be about the area.
(b) To make it easier to quickly heave anchor.
(c) To give the Atropos more buoyancy with all the gold and silver weight.
(d) To help the Atropos maintain trim in the coming storm.

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

4. Who leads the boarding party onto the Castilla?
(a) The first mate.
(b) Jones.
(c) The captain of the other English ship.
(d) Hornblower.

5. What does Eisenbeiss do as soon as the ship is still?
(a) Goes ashore to see if he can find a surgeon.
(b) Goes ashore to search for laudanum.
(c) Performs surgery on McCullum.
(d) Tries to slip away from the ship.

6. Why does Atropos slow down?
(a) Her foresail is ripped.
(b) She sees some bad reefs ahead.
(c) To bait Castilla into following.
(d) Her pinion cracked.

7. Who does Hornblower summon to accompany him?
(a) Eisenbeiss.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) The Prince.
(d) McCullum.

8. What does Hornblower do to buy some time to save the man overboard?
(a) Pretends to signal to a fleet.
(b) Signals a parley request.
(c) Throws casks of flammable oil in Atropos's wake.
(d) Nothing; Atropos is far enough ahead to be able to take some down time.

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

10. What is the greatest danger from the wound?
(a) The lungs filling with fluid.
(b) Continuing to open it up with movement.
(c) Internal bleeding.
(d) Infection.

11. What is the reason for the lack of flotsam?
(a) The sand minimizes impact to the ship.
(b) The barrel focuses the explosion.
(c) The larazette is metal and sinks.
(d) The ship's timbers have become completely waterlogged.

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

13. Under whose care is McCullum placed?
(a) A missionary doctor.
(b) The doctor ashore.
(c) Eisenbeiss.
(d) The Admiral's personal physician.

14. Why does Hornblower like the Mudir's suggestion?
(a) Hornblower thinks the Mudir is being accommodating.
(b) Because the Mudir is attempting to find the provisions the ship needs.
(c) It will justify a longer stay.
(d) Hornblower has no opinion on the suggestion.

15. On what does Hornblower congratulate himself?
(a) His adroit handling of the Mudir.
(b) His increased ability to hold his breath under water.
(c) His adroit handling of the enmity between Eisenbeiss and McCullum.
(d) His increased knowledge of salvage operations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gunner's name?

2. Who goes ashore to make purchases?

3. Why are more reliable methods not tried first?

4. Who comes to the Atropos?

5. How does Hornblower keep Atropos in relation to the Turkish ship?

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