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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?
(a) Meat pies, ale.
(b) Cold salt beef, tinned biscuits, claret.
(c) Roast beef sandwiches, water.
(d) Roast chicken, potatoes, watered wine.

2. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?
(a) No one, he already has an assignment.
(b) Prince of Wales.
(c) Lord St. Vincent.
(d) Duke of Wellington.

3. What does Hornblower do with Lieutenant Chadwick?
(a) Tries and finds him guilty of murder.
(b) Sends him back to the Admiral Pellew with dispatches.
(c) Lectures him and then puts him back on active duty.
(d) Puts him in the brig with the rest of the mutineers.

4. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?
(a) He takes a daily swim instead of bathing.
(b) He doesn't bathe.
(c) He has the crew hose him down with the wash-deck pump.
(d) He has a bucket of sea water dumped over his head.

5. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?
(a) One of the topsails rips due to the wind.
(b) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.
(c) The ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(d) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.

6. Why is it better to be a Captain than a Lieutenant?
(a) You get to name your ship when you get one.
(b) You get your choice of ships and postings.
(c) You get to retire whenever you want.
(d) You get three times the pay and prize money as a Captain.

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

8. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?
(a) Charlotte, a neighbor.
(b) Jane, a sister of one of Hornblower's shipmates.
(c) Maria, his childhood sweetheart.
(d) Barbara, the Duke of Wellington's sister.

9. What does the crew of the Flame want?
(a) A commendation for their Captain for services above and beyond.
(b) Shore leave as they are on the ship for over a year.
(c) A fair share of the prize money taken by their sister ship, the Porta Coeli.
(d) A full pardon and a trial for Lieutenant Chadwick.

10. What does some of the Flame mutineers say to Hornblower after the battle at Le Havre?
(a) They would rather die than go back to England.
(b) They apologize for surrendering to the French.
(c) They hide rather than face Hornblower.
(d) They want Hornblower to know they fight against the French.

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

12. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?
(a) Close to the French port city of Le Havre.
(b) At the docks in Liverpool.
(c) About a mile off the coast of Dover.
(d) On its way to Jamaica.

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

14. Why does Lord St. Vincent leave the church service?
(a) He is disturbed by news brought to him by a lieutenant.
(b) He needs to use the facilities.
(c) He forgets another appointment.
(d) He is not feeling well.

15. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.
(b) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.
(c) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.
(d) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?

2. What happens after Hornblower captures the French gunboat in the battle at Le Havre?

3. How does Hornblower know the captain of the Porta Coeli?

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

5. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

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