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

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

3. Where is the French semaphore station?
(a) Brie.
(b) Ushdalle.
(c) Unthialle.
(d) Brest.

4. What must Hornblower survive on when his personal stores are gone?
(a) Bread and tack.
(b) What he catches.
(c) Ale and cheese.
(d) The ship's stores.

5. What is Grimes's position on board?
(a) Navigator.
(b) Steward.
(c) Ratline inspector.
(d) Footlocker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bush do after the wedding celebration?

2. What is Pellew's first name?

3. What does the admiral do to show his respect for Hornblower?

4. Where does the admiral want Hornblower to get information after his wedding?

5. What was Hornblower's title when he first met Pellew?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower feel about prize money, and how does he communicate this?

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

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

4. How is Hornblower able to be attentive to his wife even though he is to sail away the next day?

5. Why is Grimes so afraid of Hornblower?

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

7. How does Bush feel when Hornblower knows all about the Loire in the Brest harbor?

8. What does Hornblower do during the ship-to-shore action?

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

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

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