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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 is alive but the baby is dead.
(b) His wife is dead.
(c) His wife has returned to their home.
(d) His wife has had a baby girl.

2. Why do Hornblower and Tom propel the boat through the tunnel on foot?
(a) One horse balks at going through the tunnel and then the others do also.
(b) They need to stretch their legs a bit.
(c) Horses cannot get through the tunnel.
(d) It costs less for the men to use the tunnels than to have horses.

3. How does Hornblower get soaked?
(a) By Horrocks throwing bailed water.
(b) By the waves shipping over the gunnels.
(c) By the downpour that comes.
(d) He manages to stay dry.

4. About what does Maria fret?
(a) Their son is crying.
(b) Her sister's upcoming marriage.
(c) The sun is going to ruin her complexion.
(d) Hornblower's indecorous behavior.

5. What does Hornblower declare about the men on the London brig?
(a) That they can have amnesty.
(b) That they are to be tied up and thrown overboard.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That they are pirates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month and year is it that the Atropos sails to Gibraltar?

2. What does Hornblower hear in the distance?

3. What happens to the horse driver?

4. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent going?

5. Who is Doctor Eisenbeiss?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower help the captain of the boat?

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

3. How is Hornblower feeling and why is it a blessing in disguise?

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

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

6. What do Hornblower and Maria do after leaving the wherry?

7. What happens at Oxford to relieve Hornblower of his volunteer job and then what does Hornblower do?

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

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

10. What happens to cause a crisis for Hornblower and what is his first response?

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