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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 Hornblower's wife's name?
(a) Martha.
(b) Maria.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maryann.

2. How far along is Maria in her pregnancy when Hornblower learns about it?
(a) One months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two months.

3. How long has Hornblower been away from sea at the beginning of this book?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

4. What does Hornblower do before setting fire to the semaphore?
(a) Translates the code.
(b) Evicts the operator and his family.
(c) Waits for the message from Pellew.
(d) Signals the Hotspur.

5. What makes Hornblower seasick again?
(a) A storm.
(b) Being close to shore.
(c) Choppy waves.
(d) Going back to open sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bush do after the wedding celebration?

2. What does Hornblower feel he has to balance at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Cotard claim to be when he is approached by a French guard?

4. Who calls on Hornblower shortly after his wedding?

5. How long do Hornblower's personal stores last?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower do when he sees a French fisherman?

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

3. What do the Loire and Hotspur do when they pass each other for the first time?

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

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

6. What does Hornblower try to teach Grimes, and how is this lesson taken?

7. What is the semaphore?

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

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

10. How is Hornblower as the most junior leader is treated when he dines with the other leaders?

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