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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 is a wherry?
(a) A flat ferry barge.
(b) A cross between a horse and a special type of donkey.
(c) An animal similar to a cow.
(d) A rowed craft.

2. What is Hornblower missing?
(a) His watch.
(b) His sword.
(c) His hat.
(d) His left epaulet.

3. Where is Hornblower to proceed?
(a) Malta.
(b) Yurba.
(c) Port Jackson.
(d) Antigua.

4. Why isn't Hornblower fretting overly much about meeting the King?
(a) Because he knows he looks and feels his best.
(b) Because St. Vincent says he may not even meet the king personally.
(c) Because he has new orders.
(d) Because he has a cold.

5. Upon what does payment to Tom Jenkins depend?
(a) Having no problems during transit.
(b) Whether or not he beats several other boats to London.
(c) Timely delivery.
(d) The quality of his goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lord Cuthbert Collingwood?

2. Who is driving horses?

3. What does Hornblower send ashore?

4. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?

5. What does Hornblower volunteer to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the boat's journey from the tunnel to Oxford.

3. Why does the boat stop and what is the captain's concern?

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

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

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

7. Describe Hornblower's encounter with the King.

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

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

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

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