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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a semaphore?
(a) A French ship.
(b) A large tower.
(c) A gun.
(d) A blockade.

2. Why is Hornblower so tense when the Loire is pursuing the Hotspur?
(a) All of these.
(b) He has less than half the cannon power.
(c) He does not know the political status.
(d) His ship is half the size.

3. What irritates Hornblower about his wife after their marriage?
(a) Her passiveness.
(b) Her staunchness.
(c) Her traditional values.
(d) Her tenderness.

4. What helps Cargill to be successful on his second attempt to complete an order from Hornblower?
(a) A gust of wind.
(b) All of these.
(c) A wave.
(d) A slower and calm maneuver.

5. What kind of ship does Hornblower command at the beginning of this book?
(a) A man-of-war.
(b) A frigate.
(c) A sloop.
(d) A gunship.

6. What is the name of Pellew's ship?
(a) Tonto.
(b) Tonnant.
(c) Tonage.
(d) Tornage.

7. Who has made the ship ready to sail?
(a) Doughty.
(b) Bush.
(c) McGill.
(d) Hornblower.

8. How far along is Maria in her pregnancy when Hornblower learns about it?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) One months.

9. What happens to Hornblower when the ship hits open sea?
(a) He has to attend to state business.
(b) He goes faint.
(c) He gets hit in the head by a wayward boom.
(d) He gets seasick.

10. What does Hornblower hear from Maria?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is very ill.
(d) She is coming to visit.

11. How does the English fleet feel about the semaphore?
(a) They are annoyed by it.
(b) They are afraid of it.
(c) They are angered by it.
(d) They are amused by it.

12. Where is the French semaphore station?
(a) Unthialle.
(b) Ushdalle.
(c) Brie.
(d) Brest.

13. Who managed most of Hornblower's wedding?
(a) Bush.
(b) Pellew.
(c) Doughty.
(d) Maryann.

14. What is Cotard's title?
(a) Major.
(b) Commander.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant.

15. Who calls on Hornblower shortly after his wedding?
(a) Bush.
(b) Maddington.
(c) Cornwallis.
(d) Pellew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower keep a distance from Brest Harbor?

2. Why do the French merchant ships stay close to the shore?

3. Who blubbers with fear when the mission with Cotard is about to go underway?

4. How does the formality of his wedding make Hornblower feel?

5. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?

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