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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. ________ takes over the charge of the boats after one of the lieutenants dies.
(a) Hornblower.
(b) James.
(c) Bush.
(d) Wellard.

2. Wellard is a ____________.
(a) Volunteer.
(b) Stow away.
(c) Junior Lieutenant.
(d) Purser.

3. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(b) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.
(c) The men would be punished for being idle.
(d) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.

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

5. Which country's colors are flying at Samaná Bay's fort?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Netherlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in the Captain's locked desk?

2. Horatio proposes that the landing party be made of ______________.

3. How is the Captain's physical appearance described?

4. What town is farther up the Bay from the battery?

5. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lt. Bush's responsibility during the raid on the privateers?

2. How does the author negatively characterize Buckland in Chapter 8?

3. Describe the moment when Buckland takes command of the ship.

4. Why might Bush be both pleased and irritated with Hornblower?

5. Why does the Captain have Wellard whipped?

6. What does Captain Sawyer order for every man after the hands haul in the weather main brace?

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

8. What are the four shipmen discussing on the darkened lower gun deck at the beginning of Chapter 4?

9. How does Lt. Bush categorize naval officers?

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

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