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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the ship surgeon?
(a) Clive.
(b) Pierce.
(c) Coleman.
(d) Whiting.

2. Who brings up the rear of the landing party?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Woolton.
(c) Abbott.
(d) Hornblower.

3. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.
(a) "I think he tripped on the ladder."
(b) "Someone must have pushed him."
(c) "I think he must have overbalanced."
(d) I do not know, sir."

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

5. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?
(a) All.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

6. The word _______ strikes Bush's ear with special emphasis as the Captain reads.
(a) Quarrel.
(b) Death.
(c) Mutiny.
(d) Justice.

7. Captain Sawyer's attitude when he looks around the quarterdeck for the first time revolves around ______________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Confusion.

8. The number of shipmen in the crews that secure the lower deck guns totaled _____________.
(a) 108.
(b) 180.
(c) 80.
(d) 118.

9. How many years experience does Buckland have as an officer in the Royal Navy?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

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

11. ________ was officer of the watch during the Captain's fall.
(a) Smith.
(b) Bush.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Roberts.

12. Who asks Hornblower, "How did the captain come to fall down the hatchway?" at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Smith.
(b) Clive.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Bush.

13. After their retreat, what is Hornblower's proposed plan?
(a) Storm the fort in a surprise attack that very night.
(b) Sail on to Jamaica.
(c) Storm the fort in a surprise attack the next night.
(d) Go back to England.

14. When does the Corporal of the Guard relieve the sentry outside the Captain's door?
(a) Six bells.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) Two bells.
(d) Four bells.

15. What rank is Hornblower on the ship?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 4th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 6th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ship is Bush serving on prior to his current employment?

2. The 22nd Article concerns _______________.

3. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.

4. What does Hornblower say while watching an enemy ship being consumed by fire?

5. Which items are locked in the Captain's desk?

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