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

2. How does Prowse feel during the chase by Loire?
(a) Amused.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Pessimistic.

3. What is Cargill's position on board?
(a) Steward.
(b) Scullery master.
(c) Second master's mate.
(d) Navigator.

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

5. With what country was the Peace of Amiens made?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Hornblower on the Hotspur before he steps off it for the first time?

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

3. What gift does Hornblower get for his wife before he sets sail?

4. Who mans the Hotspur during the attack on the semaphore?

5. What does Hornblower realize he is doing for the first time as he leaves England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower need to make his plan to destroy the semaphore successful?

2. What is Hornblower called to do shortly after his wedding celebration begins?

3. Why is Grimes so afraid of Hornblower?

4. What gift does Hornblower give Maria before he leaves, and what is this symbolic of?

5. Why does Hornblower not have much in his own personal stores on the ship?

6. What is found in the package sent by Cornwallis?

7. What is Hornblower's plan to destroy the semaphore?

8. What does Cornwallis say about the treaty, and what does he plan to do in response to this?

9. How does Hornblower get the one thing he needs to complete his plan to destroy the semaphore?

10. What is the semaphore?

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