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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.
(a) Head.
(b) Legs.
(c) Back.
(d) Chest.

2. With whom does Bush spend three weeks between employments?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother and father.
(c) His mother and sisters.
(d) His wife.

3. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?
(a) A canteen.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A map.
(d) Breakfast.

4. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?
(a) Silk.
(b) Bush.
(c) Abbott.
(d) Whiting.

5. Who is chosen to assist the landing party leader by assuming important duties in action?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Bush.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Smith.

6. Both Bush and Hornblower have _______ for breakfast after they have successfully taken the fort.
(a) Water.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Biscuits.

7. Who takes part in a secret meeting at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Hornblower, Bush, Smith, and Buckland.
(b) Hornblower and Bush.
(c) Hornblower, Bush, Roberts, and Buckland.
(d) Hornblower, Smith, and Bush.

8. With what is the Captain restrained?
(a) A canvas strait-jacket leaving his legs free.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) A canvas strait-jacket leaving only his left arm out.
(d) A canvas strait-jacket leaving only his right arm out.

9. After the landing on the shores of Samana Bay, Bush is _______________.
(a) Excited and nervous.
(b) Scared and tense.
(c) Tense and excited.
(d) Nervous and scared.

10. Mr. Lomax is ______________.
(a) The ship surgeon.
(b) A midshipman.
(c) The purser.
(d) A volunteer.

11. What role does Whiting have?
(a) Captain of the Marines.
(b) Marine.
(c) Midshipman.
(d) Surgeon.

12. Who gives the orders for the ship to be dispatched?
(a) The Cabinet.
(b) Captain Sawyer.
(c) Lords of the Admiralty.
(d) King George II.

13. Half the ________ trade comes up through the Bay.
(a) Carribbean.
(b) French.
(c) World.
(d) West Indies.

14. Who would be left on the ship to take a watch while the landing party descends to the shore of Samana Bay?
(a) Carberry.
(b) Abbot.
(c) Hobbs.
(d) Wellard.

15. What does Hornblower do on the quarterdeck?
(a) Entertains the men.
(b) Aids in the swabbing of the deck.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Has a shower-bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sailor(s) on the ship have a higher rank than Junior Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower?

2. Horatio proposes that the landing party be made of ______________.

3. Which seaman is reported to Bush as being drunk?

4. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.

5. Bush describes Hornblower's gait as being _______ from his overflowing energy.

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