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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower hesitate to add to the Butcher's Bill?
(a) Grimes's name.
(b) The damaged captain's cabin.
(c) Cotard's name.
(d) Fresh beef.

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

3. What American ship is anchored in the harbor with the Hotspur?
(a) The Interceptor.
(b) The Liberty.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Constitution.

4. What causes the Grasshopper to be bested?
(a) It is weighed down.
(b) It takes on water.
(c) It runs aground.
(d) It is poorly handled.

5. What is the French identification and follow signal?
(a) Two green lights.
(b) One flashing blue lantern.
(c) Three red lights.
(d) Four yellow flames.

6. What month does the Hotspur run low on water?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

7. What do the fall gales prevent from happening?
(a) Clear sights.
(b) Effective blockading.
(c) Practice runs with the guns.
(d) Re-provisioning.

8. How does Hornblower plan to deal with Doughty?
(a) Let him escape.
(b) Execute him himself.
(c) Court martial him.
(d) Punish the officer who Doughty stroke.

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

10. Who is Hornblower most nervous about reading his experience at the semaphore?
(a) Mrs. Mason.
(b) Pellew.
(c) Maria.
(d) Cornwallis.

11. What is the smallest daily water ration Hornblower gives his crew during the storms?
(a) 1/2 rations.
(b) 2/3 rations.
(c) 3/4 rations.
(d) 1/3 rations.

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

13. What is the Butcher's Bill?
(a) The list of needed provisions.
(b) The list of damage to the ship.
(c) The list of dead and wounded.
(d) The list of prisoners.

14. What does Hornblower get when he interviews with Cornwallis after all the storms?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A fine dinner.
(c) Personal stores.
(d) Some wine.

15. What does Hornblower reminisce about during the storms?
(a) His first days on a ship.
(b) His time off during peace.
(c) His experiences with Pellew.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What increases in the army encampments on shore after Christmas?

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

3. Where does Hornblower go to get fresh water for his ship?

4. What upsets Bush when the account of the mortar incident is in the newspaper?

5. What begins to fall apart when Hornblower has been at sea for six months?

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