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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consequence for being caught speaking mutinously in secret?
(a) Court-marshal.
(b) Being thrown overboard.
(c) Walking the plank.
(d) Death by hanging.

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

3. How many prisoners does Hornblower take at the main gate on the other side of the fort from Bush?
(a) 24.
(b) 14.
(c) 40.
(d) 44.

4. Bush describes Hornblower's gait as being _______ from his overflowing energy.
(a) Bumbling.
(b) Unsteady.
(c) Awkward.
(d) Furious.

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

6. At the start of Chapter 9, it is nighttime, and the weather on the beach is _______________.
(a) Cool and breezy.
(b) Hot and humid.
(c) Humid and calm.
(d) Dry and windy.

7. Hornblower suffers from ________________.
(a) Migraine headaches.
(b) Seasickness.
(c) Paranoid schizophrenia .
(d) A stomach ulcer.

8. At dinner, which officer keeps his mouth shut?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Carberry.
(d) Buckland.

9. Finish the quote: "A ship of war manned for active service was _______."
(a) The loneliest place in the world.
(b) Not a desirable place to be.
(c) No place for the weak-hearted.
(d) The most crowded place in the world.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how many days have passed since the change in command?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

12. Who is the first to say that the Captain has been hurt?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Bush.
(c) Whiting.
(d) Wellard.

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

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

15. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) An opiate.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Rum.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes command of the landing party?

2. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

3. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.

4. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?

5. Buckland's _______ is apparent to the ship's crew.

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