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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower think of the Flame's crew and their demands?
(a) Chadwick obviously doesn't treat them harshly enough.
(b) They are lying and therefore have no case.
(c) The Admiralty should ignore the matter.
(d) Flogging is a cruel punishment and the crew has his sympathies.

2. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush?
(a) He is a great officer, but now is too old for active duty.
(b) He is solid and dependable, but doesn't have much imagination.
(c) He is young and naïve and needs a guiding hand.
(d) He is sly and devious and not to be trusted.

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

4. 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 ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(c) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.
(d) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.

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

6. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower he can do?
(a) Convince the Mayor to declare Le Havre for King Louis XVIII.
(b) Have Napoleon Bonaparte assassinated.
(c) Tell him the schedules and locations of other French East Indian ship.
(d) Supply him with the best French brandy.

7. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick's wife is Hornblower's first cousin.
(b) They are schoolmates.
(c) Their families have neighboring estates.
(d) They serve as midshipmen together on the same ship.

8. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.
(b) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.
(c) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(d) Spends the night with his mistress.

9. What happens after Hornblower captures the French gunboat in the battle at Le Havre?
(a) He leads his men over to the Flame.
(b) He stays on the French gunboat and waits to see what happens.
(c) He goes back to the Porta Coeli.
(d) He trips over a loose board and drops his sword.

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

11. What does Hornblower do with Sweet's body?
(a) Strings it up on the yardman as an example.
(b) Lets it sink into the sea.
(c) Keeps it in a barrel for transport back to the Admiralty.
(d) Burns it.

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

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

14. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?
(a) Secure the harbor defenses.
(b) Make sure that he stays just offshore until Lebrun comes back.
(c) Fire one of the cannons at exactly 12 noon as a signal.
(d) Pretend to surrender to the French.

15. What does the success of Hornblower's plan the Porta Coeli masquerade mean?
(a) The mutineers change their minds once they see Hornblower in action.
(b) The French at Le Havre help Hornblower regain the Flame.
(c) The mutineers have no choice but to commit treason on top of mutiny.
(d) The French at Le Havre has no reason to trust the mutineers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Chadwick react to his orders from Hornblower?

3. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?

4. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?

5. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?

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