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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower's favorite part of leaving the Hotspur for the first time?
(a) The food.
(b) The beauty.
(c) The water.
(d) The solid ground.

2. How does Hornblower feel about the man who was too fearful to go with Cotard?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Expectant.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Proud.

3. How does Hornblower fix the trim of the ship?
(a) He puts up an additional sail.
(b) He takes down two smaller sails.
(c) He moves two cannons.
(d) He has the tack made correctly.

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

5. What announcement does Cornwallis make when Hornblower leaves the Hotspur for the first time?
(a) The fleet will remain in place.
(b) He is retiring.
(c) The treaty is to be re-signed.
(d) Ships will be re-provisioned at sea.

6. Where is Cotard hailed by a guard?
(a) The rock beach.
(b) The semaphore.
(c) The landing dock.
(d) The jetty.

7. What kind of jam is in Hornblower's personal stores?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Gooseberry.
(d) Black current.

8. Why do the French merchant ships stay close to the shore?
(a) So they can accrue more goods.
(b) So they don't get lost.
(c) So they are protected.
(d) So they can deliver their goods.

9. Who blubbers with fear when the mission with Cotard is about to go underway?
(a) Prowse.
(b) Cotard.
(c) Bush.
(d) Grimes.

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

11. What is Hornblower doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Being promoted.
(b) Cleaning his uniform.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Meeting with the admiral.

12. Why did Hornblower not put personal stores in place for himself?
(a) He was on half pay while on shore.
(b) He is still not used to being in command.
(c) He gave money to Maria.
(d) He has debts to pay down.

13. What is the downside of the success at the Semaphore?
(a) Many Englishmen died.
(b) They could not destroy the code.
(c) The French caught them.
(d) A last message got through.

14. How does the person Hornblower meets with after his wedding describe the Peace of Amiens?
(a) Reticent.
(b) Shaky.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Solid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so shocking to Hornblower about the announcement from Cornwallis?

2. How does Prowse feel during the chase by Loire?

3. What happens to Hornblower when the ship hits open sea?

4. Hoe many cannons are on the Hotspur?

5. What is Grimes's position on board?

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