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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.
(a) Dead, dumb.
(b) Done, discharged.
(c) Dead, discharged.
(d) Dumb, discharged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prisoners does Hornblower take at the main gate on the other side of the fort from Bush?

2. Buckland is ______ than most on the ship.

3. Why does the Captain climb down the hatchway?

4. ________ was officer of the watch during the Captain's fall.

5. What is the consequence for being caught speaking mutinously in secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hornblower's shower-bath that takes place on the quarterdeck.

2. Phosphorescence is ________________.

3. What factors lead to the H.M.S. Renown's defeat at Samaná Bay?

4. Describe the breakfast that the shipmen have at the beginning of Chapter 5.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what is the signal to the Renown that the fort is in English hands?

6. What is Bush puzzled and anxious about in regards to Hornblower?

7. What dangers await the Renown in the West Indies?

8. How do the Captain's moods seem to change throughout Chapter 2?

9. Why do the half-dozen ship's boys scatter sand on the deck prior to the ship's raid on the fort?

10. How is the long swell of the Atlantic described as a man at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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