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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 Cotard's title?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Commander.
(d) Major.

2. What kind of ship is the Loire?
(a) Man of war.
(b) Sloop.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Frigate.

3. Who leads the group of men to the semaphore?
(a) Cotard.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Bush.
(d) Pellew.

4. Who leads the marines after Cotard gets safely on shore?
(a) Captain Johnson.
(b) Captain Jameson.
(c) Captain Jones.
(d) Captain Jenkins.

5. How does Hornblower fix the trim of the ship?
(a) He moves two cannons.
(b) He has the tack made correctly.
(c) He takes down two smaller sails.
(d) He puts up an additional sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hoe many cannons are on the Hotspur?

2. Where is Cotard hailed by a guard?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Hornblower unable to have fresh eggs, and why is this so frustrating to him?

4. Why does Hornblower lead the assault on the semaphore himself?

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

6. How does Hornblower feel right before his wedding, and what does he do?

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

8. How does Bush feel when a French merchant vessel sails by, and why?

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

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

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