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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who accidentally falls overboard?
(a) No one.
(b) John Jones.
(c) The Prince.
(d) Eisenbeiss.

3. Where are McCullum's chances of survival best?
(a) On the ship.
(b) His wound is minor.
(c) Either ashore or on the ship.
(d) Ashore.

4. What is removed from McCullum's wound?
(a) Just a tiny bit of clothing fragment.
(b) Just a piece of the ball.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A ball and clothing fragments.

5. What surprises Hornblower?
(a) The Castilla chases the Atropos.
(b) The French man-o-war Lafayette is attacking the Castilla.
(c) The Castilla is listing badly in the water.
(d) There are two English frigates surrounding the Castilla.

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

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

8. What does Hornblower negotiate?
(a) Assistance from the Turks.
(b) Jurisdiction over the area where the Speedwell sank.
(c) Fees for recovery of the Speedwell's cargo.
(d) Fees for watering and purchasing food.

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

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

11. What will prevent entrance into the sunken Speedwell?
(a) The hatches are all closed.
(b) A group of hundreds of sharks.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is buried too deeply into the sand.

12. With whom is Hornblower invited to dine?
(a) The Admiral of the Maltese fleet.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The chief of the predominant native tribe.
(d) The Captain of a Dutch merchant vessel.

13. 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.

14. Who is one person who places the explosives under the wreck?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Looney.
(c) McCullum.
(d) Headley.

15. What is the name of the Turkish ship?
(a) Asala.
(b) It is not mentioned.
(c) Jihida.
(d) Mejidieh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose care is McCullum placed?

2. What does Hornblower notice about the nearby fortress one morning?

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

4. What does Hornblower call the supplies McCullum takes on board?

5. What bargain does the Mudir offer Hornblower?

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