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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower find when he returns to his hotel room?
(a) His wife has returned to their home.
(b) His wife is alive but the baby is dead.
(c) His wife is dead.
(d) His wife has had a baby girl.

2. Where do the Hornblowers leave the canal boat?
(a) Brentford.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Bennington.
(d) Piccadilly.

3. What does Hornblower arrange to be brought on board?
(a) The judge for the court martial of a crewmember.
(b) A commissioner.
(c) Powder, shot and water.
(d) His own cook.

4. Whose funeral procession is Hornblower charged with planning?
(a) Lord Barton.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Lord Nelson.
(d) Admiral Fulton.

5. Why does the boat carry a long scythe blade at her prow?
(a) To cut through the thick weeds that grow in the water.
(b) To cut the tow lines in an emergency.
(c) In case the boat is attacked.
(d) Because her captain is authorized to cut any boat that fails to yield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower volunteer to do?

2. How is Hornblower when he meets St. Vincent?

3. What cannot be found?

4. What is Hornblower ordered when he finds Collingwood's fleet?

5. What does Hornblower realize when he comes aboard the London brig?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower respond to Eisenbeiss's blusters?

2. What is recovered from the sea and what does Hornblower figure out from the object?

3. What fascinates Hornblower about the boat on which he is riding?

4. Who and what does Hornblower take on board at Gibraltar?

5. How does Hornblower end this chapter as the consummate family man?

6. After attempting to engage Hornblower in conversation, with whom does the tiller man talk and what is her response?

7. What happens when the Prince and his retinue come on board the Atropos?

8. What is the status of the Atropos when Hornblower questions Lieutenant Jones?

9. To where and how are Hornblower and his family traveling?

10. Describe Hornblower's encounter with the King.

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