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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hornblower appear on New Year's Eve?
(a) Haggard and strange.
(b) Tired and worried.
(c) Thin and sickly.
(d) Distracted and upset.

2. What is the punishment for Doughty's arrest?
(a) Death.
(b) Demotion.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. What increases in the army encampments on shore after Christmas?
(a) The training exercises.
(b) The shipping lines.
(c) The cannons.
(d) The cooking fires.

4. What does Hornblower notice about two frigates in the bay after Christmas?
(a) They seem undermanned.
(b) They are more weighed down.
(c) They are riding more lightly.
(d) Their colors don't change when they should.

5. Who points out the change in Hornblower on New Year's Eve?
(a) Bush.
(b) Doughty.
(c) Cornwallis.
(d) Pellew.

6. How does Hornblower disguise the Hotspur as a French ship during the night attack?
(a) He raises a French flag.
(b) He tells his crew to be silent and pulls down the main sail.
(c) He flashes three red lights.
(d) He calls out in French.

7. What increases around the destroyed semaphore?
(a) Guards.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) French army battalions.
(d) Ships of war.

8. Why is Hornblower not able to speak with Maria?
(a) Hornblower is promoted.
(b) The French attack.
(c) Another gale blows up.
(d) Cornwallis orders him back to sea.

9. What does Hornblower regret after getting his first dinner from Grimes's replacement?
(a) His pre-occupation with business.
(b) His insistence that the new steward stay in Grimes's old cabin.
(c) His cold reception of the new steward.
(d) His sadness about losing Pellew.

10. What kind of damage does the Hotspur get during the storms?
(a) None of these.
(b) Ripped sails.
(c) Bent masthead.
(d) Leaking storage units.

11. Why does Hornblower go to Plymouth?
(a) Repairs on his ship.
(b) New supplies.
(c) To train his crew.
(d) A change of station.

12. What happens to the weather when the Hotspur runs low on water?
(a) It grows calm.
(b) It falls into a routine.
(c) It becomes erratic.
(d) It gets dirty.

13. What does Hornblower make his crew train in during the Winter?
(a) Gunnery.
(b) Navigation.
(c) All of these.
(d) Sailing techniques.

14. What upsets Bush when the account of the mortar incident is in the newspaper?
(a) Bush is not mentioned at all.
(b) The Grasshopper's captain gets more exposure than Hornblower.
(c) Hornblower's snuffing of the fuse is not mentioned.
(d) Hornblower is made to look like a fool.

15. What do the men on the ship have to man three out of four hours during the storms?
(a) The crow's nest.
(b) The water pumps.
(c) The forecastle.
(d) The cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first dinner made for Hornblower by Grimes's replacement?

2. What does Hornblower do when he makes certain observations about the French after Christmas?

3. What was the biggest loss to the French in the night attack?

4. For what is Doughty arrested?

5. What American ship is anchored in the harbor with the Hotspur?

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