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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What greets the new captain on Hotspur?
(a) A sailor singing the British Naval anthem.
(b) Only about half the crew; the others are on shore leave.
(c) An new missive vacating the captain's orders.
(d) Botswain's whistles and a drum.

2. Why does the Princess finally head for England?
(a) Admiral Calder orders them to do so.
(b) Baddlestone gets tired of waiting for the fleet.
(c) Baddlestone is tired of his passengers.
(d) She gets a fair wind.

3. Where does the French fleet arrive?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) The English Channel.

4. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?
(a) Sometimes the conditions can be difficult but usually not.
(b) There are difficult local conditions.
(c) It is generally calm and very little impedments.
(d) It is deep water.

5. Who is better informed than Hornblower?
(a) Baddlestone.
(b) Meadows.
(c) No one.
(d) Bush.

6. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?
(a) Baddlestone.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Bush.
(d) Cornwallis.

7. Where does Hornblower invite Meadows to receive the ship's papers?
(a) On the bridge.
(b) In the captain's quarters.
(c) Aft away from the water transfer activity.
(d) On the poop deck.

8. Who will be assisting Calder?
(a) The fleet under the command of Cornwallis.
(b) No one.
(c) The Channel fleet.
(d) The 3rd Navy's fleet.

9. Into what has Hornblower made the crew of the Hotspur?
(a) A somewhat lazy crew.
(b) A group of bullies.
(c) Men resentful of authority.
(d) An efficient mechanism.

10. Why does Meadows assume command?
(a) Hornblower lets him in hopes he'll regain his honor.
(b) He is senior officer.
(c) Hornblower asks it of him.
(d) Baddlestone asks him to.

11. What is the approximate age of Hotspur's new captain?
(a) Close to 70.
(b) Mid-30s.
(c) Very young.
(d) Middle age.

12. Where does Hotspur run aground?
(a) Black Rock.
(b) It does not run aground.
(c) Somewhere near Gibraltar.
(d) On the French shore no where close to a town.

13. How does Hotspur get off being aground?
(a) By the action of the rising tide.
(b) Pulled off by another vessel in the Channel fleet.
(c) Pulled off the sandbar by a merchant vessel.
(d) Pulled off the sandbar by a French privateer.

14. About what does Hornblower wonder concerning the court martial?
(a) How long it will take to be informed of the court martial's outcome through official channels.
(b) If Bush will sit for court martial.
(c) If Meadows' career is ruined.
(d) If he will be assigned back to the Hotspur after it is reclaimed.

15. Who is taking over command of the vessel Hornblower is leaving?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Cornwallis.
(c) Bush.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Princess ride high in the water?

2. Who huddles below deck?

3. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?

4. What does Hornblower think to himself about Bush?

5. How long has Hornblower been involved in the blockade of Brest?

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