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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. Why is Princess going against her course?
(a) To avoid an American privateer.
(b) So she doesn't bounce so badly.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) To avoid a French privateer.

2. What does Princess do?
(a) Stikes French colors.
(b) Turns and runs.
(c) Has the officers man the guns.
(d) Trims sail and gets ready for battle.

3. What is watch and watch?
(a) A game played among the enlisted men.
(b) A way of passing the time by dropping sounding lines.
(c) A high alert when the French fleet is near.
(d) Four hours sleeping in hammocks and four on deck.

4. For what does Meadows say he'd give up his prize money for five years?
(a) Orders to the West Indies.
(b) Orders off the Hotspur.
(c) A chance to spend more than a few days with his new wife.
(d) A chance to have Baddlestone as a sailor under his command.

5. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?
(a) To ask Bush to have a sailor transfer Hornblower's baggage.
(b) To be polite, though it's not required.
(c) So Meadows will realize that Bush is an outstanding sailor.
(d) Because Bush is busy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is better informed than Hornblower?

2. Who is taking over command of the vessel Hornblower is leaving?

3. Who is Calder?

4. What is the verdict for Bush?

5. Where does Hornblower invite Meadows to receive the ship's papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower inform Baddlestone and what is Baddlestone's response?

2. How does Hornblower learn that Baddlestone overcharged him tremendously for passage aboard the Princess?

3. What happens to the Hotspur?

4. What turns out to be a real challenge for Hornblower in leaving the Hotspur and what does he do?

5. What are Hornblower's thoughts about the Hotspur as the Princess pulls away from the other vessel?

6. What are Hornblower's quarters like aboard the Princess?

7. Why doesn't the Princess set sail immediately for England and how do the naval officers respond?

8. How is the space allocated aboard the Princess now with so many extra men?

9. What does the lookout spy and what becomes obvious to those aboard the Princess?

10. Describe Captain Baddlestone.

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