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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 order?
(a) For Atropos to head out to open seas.
(b) For the Prince to climb aloft.
(c) His gig lowered.
(d) For the Atropos to maintain absolute silence.

2. What is parallel to the canal?
(a) A paved road.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A footpath.
(d) A line of trees right along the bank.

3. Where does Hornblower gain his first view of Atropos?
(a) At Deptford.
(b) At Piccadilly.
(c) At Wereworth.
(d) At Brendford.

4. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?
(a) Half the crew have smallpox.
(b) Their orders have not yet arrived.
(c) They are short 20 topmen, water, food, powder and shot.
(d) The Prince has not yet arrived.

5. How is the boat guided?
(a) By a man at the tiller.
(b) By the way the sails are set.
(c) By the paddlewheel.
(d) With a rack and pinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower missing?

2. From where does Hornblower hang his pocket watch?

3. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?

4. What do the three Sinhalese divers do?

5. For what does Hornblower use the down time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maria Hornblower.

2. What do the Hornblowers board after the canal board and where does that take them?

3. How does Hornblower gain a French privateer as his prize and what is the end result of the operation?

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

5. How are things progressing at the beginning of the procession?

6. Why is the Atropos anchored and what does Hornblower do with the time?

7. What does Hornblower do when he hears a shot in the foggy distance?

8. What are Hornblower's orders that await him on the Atropos and what does he do?

9. Why does Hornblower change the original plans for the docking and offloading of the coffin?

10. What is Hornblower's destination after Gibraltar?

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