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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buckland's _______ is apparent to the ship's crew.
(a) Intent.
(b) Indecision.
(c) Insensibility.
(d) Incoherence.

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

3. What does Hornblower suggest that the landing party take with them to scale walls of the fort, if need be?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Boat grapnels with lines attached.
(c) Crossbows with lines attached.
(d) Ladders.

4. It had been years since Bush had seen ________, but he paid no attention to them.
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Horseflies.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Bumble-bees.

5. Bush reflects that he moves slower than Hornblower during the landing party's attack on the fort because Bush has a ________________.
(a) Powerful physique.
(b) Headache.
(c) Side ache.
(d) Wounded leg.

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

7. At the end of Chapter 6, what is still "a living force in the ship"?
(a) Fear of the Captain.
(b) Fear of Yellow Fever.
(c) Fear of mutiny.
(d) Fear of starvation.

8. Who takes command of the landing party?
(a) Bush.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Smith.
(d) Buckland.

9. To what does the 19th Article pertain?
(a) The consequences of spying.
(b) Consequences of starting fights onboard.
(c) Treatment of prisoners.
(d) The consequences of mutiny.

10. Who says, "The traitors meet their desserts and the loyal hearts their reward. Give a cheer, you men."?
(a) Bush.
(b) Buckland.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Hornblower.

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

12. The 22nd Article concerns _______________.
(a) Treatment of prisoners.
(b) Consequences of mutiny.
(c) Consequences of quarreling with a superior officer.
(d) Consequences of spying.

13. Who says, "You wear your guilt on your face, Mr. Bush. I'll remember this"?
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Hornblower.

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

15. Why does Hornblower get angry with himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Hornblower's men failed at hitting the first schooner.
(b) Hornblower let the shot get too hot in the furnace.
(c) Hornblower yelled at his men.
(d) Hornblower hadn't eaten breakfast and was hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "watch and watch" that the Captain orders Hornblower to be on until further notice?

2. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?

3. Who says of Wellard, "He knows nothing, sir. He doesn't know the bobstay from the spanker-boom."?

4. Who speaks in a squeaky voice?

5. Who asks Hornblower, "How did the captain come to fall down the hatchway?" at the end of Chapter 8?

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