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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Captain's physical appearance described?
(a) Having a big nose.
(b) Unkempt and seedy.
(c) Unshaven.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

2. Hornblower shows recognition that the Captain's behavior is unusual by ______________.
(a) Laughing.
(b) Muttering.
(c) Flickering one eyebrow.
(d) Rolling his eyes.

3. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.
(a) Captain Sawyer's silver-mounted cane.
(b) Mr. Booth's silver-mounted cane.
(c) Captain Sawyer's leather strap.
(d) Mr. Booth's whip.

4. In what could hot shot be heated?
(a) Battery on land.
(b) Battery on a ship.
(c) Kiln on a ship.
(d) Kiln on land.

5. Who does Horatio request to be the messenger while off-ship?
(a) Abbott.
(b) Carberry.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Whiting.

6. Which seaman is reported to Bush as being drunk?
(a) Black.
(b) Hobbs.
(c) Abbott.
(d) Wellard.

7. Finish this quote from the text: "And sea and surf and beach seemed to be _______."
(a) Afire.
(b) Ablaze.
(c) Aware.
(d) Awake.

8. Buckland is ______ than most on the ship.
(a) More clear-headed.
(b) More decisive.
(c) More tired.
(d) Wearier.

9. Since when have the British been at war?
(a) 1793.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) 1693.
(d) 1893.

10. How many shipmen are killed and wounded during the H.M.S. Renown's defeat at Samaná Bay?
(a) 20 killed; 9 wounded.
(b) 9 killed; 20 wounded.
(c) 9 killed; 2 wounded.
(d) 2 killed; 19 wounded.

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

12. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) Leviticus.
(c) The Articles of War.
(d) A church service.

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

14. Which ship is Bush serving on prior to his current employment?
(a) Clara.
(b) Renown.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Conquerer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

2. When Hornblower states that he wishes they were going into action rather than running away, Bush calls him a ________________.

3. Which marine sprains his ankle during the climb?

4. Hornblower suffers from ________________.

5. What does Hornblower suggest that the landing party take with them to scale walls of the fort, if need be?

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