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

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

3. What does Hornblower have men count as they pass Brest Harbor?
(a) Men.
(b) Guns.
(c) Miles.
(d) Ships.

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

5. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?
(a) He is colorblind.
(b) He is on the other side of the ship.
(c) He cannot understand French.
(d) He is tone deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far along is Maria in her pregnancy when Hornblower learns about it?

2. What kind of jam is in Hornblower's personal stores?

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

4. Who managed most of Hornblower's wedding?

5. What does Hornblower blame for Cargill's first and almost second failure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower do before opening his commands from Cornwallis?

2. What was the damage caused by the ship-to-shore action?

3. How do the French merchant ships get by the blockade?

4. What does Hornblower find when he goes to punish Grimes?

5. Why is Grimes so afraid of Hornblower?

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

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

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

9. What is Hornblower supposed to use any extra money for when he gets to France?

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

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