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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower have done to the man who fell overboard while climbing the rigging without permission?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Handcuffed and tied to the mast.
(c) Caned a few times.
(d) Confined to the brig.

2. Where does Eisenbeiss think the bullet is lodged?
(a) In McCullum's right lung.
(b) McCullum's scapula.
(c) In McCullum's shoulder blade.
(d) Next to the heart.

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

4. What will have to be used to enter the reinforced lazarette?
(a) A special cutting tool.
(b) A diver's bell.
(c) A steel shark cage.
(d) Explosives.

5. Where does Atropos go with the treasure?
(a) Malta.
(b) England.
(c) Batavia.
(d) Gibraltar.

6. Where is the fuse placed?
(a) In a floating barrel.
(b) In the water by the hull.
(c) A watertight barrel.
(d) In a hole in the sand.

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

8. Who fights a duel?
(a) McCullum and the Prince.
(b) McCullum and Eisenbeiss.
(c) McCullum and Jones.
(d) McCullum and Lieutenant Jones.

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

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

11. Who comes aboard the Atropos?
(a) A Turkish diver of great repute.
(b) No one.
(c) An English resident in the area.
(d) The local Mudir.

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

13. In what kind of shape are the ships after the fighting?
(a) The English ship that Atropos meets is slowly sinking and Atropos and Castilla have little damage.
(b) All three are heavily damaged.
(c) None of the ships is damaged much at all.
(d) The two English ships sustain light damage and the Castilla is listing even worse than before.

14. What is the gunner's name?
(a) Gold.
(b) Clout.
(c) Machens.
(d) Hammer.

15. Where does Atropos see the Castilla?
(a) At Lisbonia.
(b) At Portilla.
(c) At Cartagena.
(d) At Seville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other information does Turner obtain?

2. How does the Mudir respond to Hornblower's anger?

3. How does Hornblower respond to news of the duel?

4. How much does Hornblower believe has been recovered?

5. What is one Turkish ship like that Hornblower notices?

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