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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 spotted a few days later?
(a) A sail.
(b) An albatross which is considered bad luck.
(c) A huge pod of dolphins which is considered good luck.
(d) The French fleet.

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

3. What does Baddlestone ask of Hornblower immediately upon Hornblower's arrival on the Princess?
(a) Hornblower's warrant.
(b) If Hornblower needed to use the head.
(c) If Hornblower could climb the riggings.
(d) If Hornblower would like dinner.

4. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?
(a) How the Princess could be more stable.
(b) His personal future.
(c) How to ask the captain to come about and drop him off at the closest port.
(d) Whether the captain would give him any of his personal liquor to help his stomach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Hornblower's men send him off?

2. What does Hotspur's new commander look like?

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

4. Now where is the French fleet headed?

5. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Hornblower muse?

2. Describe the interaction between Bush and Hornblower when Bush comes to tell Hornblower the water hoy has arrived.

3. Who arrives at the Princess within a few hours after Baddlestone announces the results and why are they there?

4. Why does the Princess ride so roughly?

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

6. What is the outcome of Meadows' court martial?

7. What happens when Captain Meadows begins to read his orders of command and what does Bush do?

8. How do the English plan on destroying Villeneuve's fleet?

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

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

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