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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Hornblower receive from one of the prisoners from the French East Indian ship?
(a) Le Havre plans to attack both the English ships.
(b) The Mayor of Le Havre recently dies.
(c) Bonaparte loses another major battle at Leipzig.
(d) There is an outbreak of dysentery at Le Havre.

2. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?
(a) Fear of lightning.
(b) Fear of heights.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) Ear infections.

3. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?
(a) Hornblower gives orders to fire.
(b) The Flame sends a boat over to negotiate.
(c) Another ship appears.
(d) The Flame raises sails to meet them.

4. What does Hornblower notice as he is about to go into battle at Le Havre?
(a) How well the navigator is doing bringing the Porta Coeli around.
(b) It is going to rain soon.
(c) Lieutenant Freeman is nervous.
(d) Brown is not standing beside him as usual.

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

6. What is a chasse-marée?
(a) A nickname for a French officer equivalent to a lieutenant.
(b) A French gunboat.
(c) A French cannon mounted on the battery.
(d) A French cannon on a ship.

7. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.
(b) Givinig a wolf whistle.
(c) Making a fist and touching the forehead.
(d) Holding up four fingers.

8. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) A midshipman.
(b) Nathaniel Sweet.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) No one meets Hornblower.

9. How is it possible that Hornblower's plan with the the Porta Coeli masquerade to work?
(a) It is a game of chicken and Hornblower knows his men don't fail him.
(b) They are too far from shore for the French to get a good look at the Flame.
(c) The French can't tell one English ship from another.
(d) The Flame and the Porta Coeli are sister ships and look alike.

10. What does the Flame do when they sail close to Le Havre?
(a) Raise a flag of surrender.
(b) Fire on the Porta Coeli to show they switched sides.
(c) Start fighting the French.
(d) Turn around and flee.

11. What does Hornblower think of Admiral Pellew?
(a) He is a proud man, but has good reason to be.
(b) He is too old for active duty.
(c) He is a good friend and ally.
(d) He is a pompous ass.

12. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.
(b) He calculates their position using the stars.
(c) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(d) He asks Hornblower.

13. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Porta Coeli, after he comes back from meeting with the mutineers?
(a) Sail back to report his failure.
(b) Sail into Le Havre on a flag of truce to negotiate with the French.
(c) Ram the Flame as soon as he gets the men ready.
(d) Have the Porta Coeli masquerade as the Flame and capture the French East Indian ship.

14. What type of ship is a French West Indiaman?
(a) A blockage runner.
(b) A French gunboat.
(c) A privateer.
(d) A ship of the line.

15. Why does an English ship have a Spanish name - Porta Coeli?
(a) It is named as a gesture of good will.
(b) It is named after a Spanish ship that puts up a good fight.
(c) It is named after the place where it is built.
(d) It is financed by Spanish noblemen exiled in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower get onto the Flame?

2. What does the crew of the Flame want?

3. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

4. What other honor is Hornblower awarded?

5. Why is it better to be a Captain than a Lieutenant?

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