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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chadwick react to his orders from Hornblower?
(a) He attacks Hornblower and has to be restrained.
(b) He demands his ship and crew back.
(c) He resents Hornblower, but does as he is told.
(d) He respectfully asks to stay with the Commodore.

2. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Suppress the mutiny onboard and gain control of the ship.
(b) Deliver secret orders to the current captain.
(c) Negotiate with the French who capture the ship.
(d) Take command and go on a covert mission.

3. What other honor is Hornblower awarded?
(a) A baronetcy and a small property in Yorkshire.
(b) The keys to the city of Bath.
(c) Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.
(d) A purse and a personal letter of thanks from the Prince.

4. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?
(a) They start to plan their own mutiny.
(b) They go on strike.
(c) They are horrified and start complaining.
(d) They seem to support Hornblower.

5. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) Sixty cavalry.
(b) Three hundred marines.
(c) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.
(d) 10 cannons.

6. What do the sailors think of Hornblower's daily ritual?
(a) They think daily is unnecessary, weekly is good enough.
(b) The Commodore has very strange habits.
(c) They all follow his example.
(d) They heartily approve.

7. What happens when Hornblower tries to carry out his plan the Porta Coeli masquerade?
(a) The French East India ship isn't in the harbor so they aren't able to engage.
(b) Brown is injured in the battle.
(c) Everything goes without a hitch and they capture the French East India ship.
(d) The French surrender without firing a shot.

8. Who is among the reinforcements that Admiral Pellew sends?
(a) An American spy.
(b) Captain Bush.
(c) Admiral Pellew.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

9. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?
(a) The crew delibrately sink the ship.
(b) The crew set fire to the Flame.
(c) The crew hang Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) The crew surrenders to the French.

10. Who is the Sovereign of the Order?
(a) Queen Charlotte.
(b) King George.
(c) Prince Regent.
(d) Duke of Wellington.

11. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?
(a) They want shore leave.
(b) Lieutenant Chadwick is selling secrets to the French.
(c) They are flogged and starved on Lieutenant Chadwick's orders.
(d) They are tired of the blockade and want to go home.

12. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(b) He is an American spy from New Orleans.
(c) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.
(d) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.

13. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) Chadwick is a genius and has a way with numbers and calculations.
(b) Chadwick is a poor sailor, always seasick.
(c) Chadwick is a bully and a tyrant.
(d) Chadwick is a bit of a buffoon, but generally harmless.

14. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?
(a) He is recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(b) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.
(c) He is still recuperating from his bout of typhus.
(d) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.

15. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about Baron Momas?
(a) He is a staunch Bonapartist.
(b) He is a captain in his own right and is in command of one of the gun boats.
(c) He is a spy for the English.
(d) His family business trades goods with the Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about Lord St. Vincent's instructions to Hornblower?

2. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?

3. How does Hornblower know Admiral Pellew?

4. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?

5. What is the name of Captain Bush's ship?

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