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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. How does the English fleet feel about the semaphore?
(a) They are amused by it.
(b) They are afraid of it.
(c) They are angered by it.
(d) They are annoyed by it.

2. Where does the admiral want Hornblower to get information after his wedding?
(a) Brest.
(b) Brawn.
(c) Bourgiac.
(d) Barnalle.

3. How many cannons are on the Loire?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

4. What does Cotard claim to be when he is approached by a French guard?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) A defector.
(c) A lost French soldier.
(d) A merchant.

5. Who put some personal stores on board for Hornblower?
(a) Maria.
(b) Cornwallis.
(c) Mrs. Mason.
(d) Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the French semaphore station?

2. What is inside the package with the orders sent by Hornblower?

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

4. What does Bush blame for Cargill's first and almost second failure?

5. What is the Hotspur responsible for after the multi-tiered system is in place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Hornblower have the Hotspur do after firing on the Loire?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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