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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does one of the lieutenants die during the fort's attack on the Renown?
(a) A shot cut him in two.
(b) He fell overboard.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) He was shot through the heart.

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

3. How does Bush feel when the Captain accuses him of something untrue?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Confused.
(d) Puzzled and a little hurt.

4. What does Hornblower say while watching an enemy ship being consumed by fire?
(a) "Good riddance."
(b) "Brilliant!"
(c) "Ahoy, there!"
(d) "Nasty sight."

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

6. Which items are locked in the Captain's desk?
(a) Journals.
(b) Secret orders.
(c) Bottles of rum.
(d) Letters.

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

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

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

10. What is found in the Captain's locked desk?
(a) Journals.
(b) Orders.
(c) Bottles of rum.
(d) Letters.

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

12. How is the ship's original course altered once the new orders are given?
(a) Two points, steering northwest.
(b) Two points, steering southwest.
(c) Two points, steering southeast.
(d) Two points, steering northeast.

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

14. 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, Bush, Smith, and Buckland.
(d) Hornblower and Bush.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.

2. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.

3. What rank is Bush on the ship?

4. Who is the officer on watch during the Captain's reading?

5. How many minutes does the Captain give Mr. Lomax to deliver spirits to all the men?

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