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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 wins the last hand of whist?
(a) Hornblower and the Colonel.
(b) It is a tie.
(c) Admiral Parry and Hornblower.
(d) Admiral Lambert and the Colonel.

2. What is the first concern of the previously-mentioned Spanish officer?
(a) Safe passage to Cuba.
(b) The safety of the soldiers taken prisoner.
(c) The safety of the women prisoners.
(d) The damage done to the fort.

3. In reference to the evening of playing cards with Hornblower, Admiral Parry says that the night is _________________.
(a) Instructive as well as amusing.
(b) Irritating as well as amusing.
(c) Amusing as well as frustrating.
(d) Instructive as well as irritating.

4. Upon their arrival at Kingston, Buckland has an interview with _______.
(a) Captain Cogshill.
(b) King George II.
(c) Admiral Lambert.
(d) Admiral Parry.

5. While Bush is organizing the men to lift the cannon up the hill, he notes to himself that marines are _________________.
(a) Useful in their own ways.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) Dumb animals, liable to tire.
(d) Unnecessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. While discussing their plans for the Spanish, Buckland tells Hornblower that he talks like a __________________.

2. The gun that Bush and Hornblower choose to use in their plan weighs _____.

3. Admiral Parry, who plays whist at the Long Rooms with Hornblower, is nicknamed __________________.

4. Which shipman can speak and understand Spanish?

5. How long is the bronze gun that the men are lifting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bush's fighting style during the prisoners' rebellion on board the Renown.

2. What becomes of Wellard, and how is this known?

3. How are the Spanish prisoners kept and treated on the Renown?

4. How is Surgeon Sankey characterized throughout Chapter 15?

5. Why is Maria so upset at the news that Hornblower has been given the command of a war sloop?

6. The Dons' capitulation is a victory for the British in what ways?

7. What is the reward for Bush after the victory in Haiti?

8. What are Colonel Ortega's terms for a capitulation?

9. Describe how the Marines conclude their beat once it's reached its end.

10. When Colonel Ortega and his ship approach the fort, they wave a white flag and sound the trumpets. What is the point of this?

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