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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. What is the first indication that things are not going well for the attack force sent to fight Napoleon's troops?
(a) Captain Bush comes back with what's left of the attack force.
(b) Hornblower is woken up in the middle of the night and told of a huge explosion.
(c) A deserter is caught and says the attackers are wiped out.
(d) A French citizen gives Hornblower an eye-witness account of a massacre.

2. What happens when Hornblower and the French troops exchange gun fire?
(a) Hornblower surrenders.
(b) Marie is shot in the leg.
(c) Hornblower is shot in the leg.
(d) Brown is killed.

3. In opposing Napoleon, what do the Comte and his followers become?
(a) Recruiters training a new army of resistance.
(b) Fugitives fighting a guerilla action.
(c) The best spy network in France.
(d) The essential southern offensive.

4. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?
(a) There is not enough time to put up a defense.
(b) Baron Momas play traitor again and renegotiate with the Bonapartists.
(c) A prolonged siege at Le Havre.
(d) The visiting royal wants to lead the attack.

5. Where does Hornblower send the Porta Coeli as part of his plan for the militia?
(a) To Spain to deliver a message to General Blücher.
(b) Upriver from Le Havre to a place called Caudebec.
(c) Up the Seine River further into France.
(d) Back to England for reinforcements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?

2. What else does Brown tell Hornblower he plans to do?

3. Who accompanies Hornblower on this trip to the Chateau de Graçay?

4. Why is Hornblower angry at the Duke d'Angoulême?

5. What happens to Captain Bush after the encounter with Napoleon's troops at Caudebec?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower have the English troops do at the end of the Mayor Momas' ceremony, and why is this significant?

2. Why does Hornblower's decision to go back to France make Brown so happy?

3. How does Hornblower ruin the evening for his wife at the Duke's banquet and reception? Why is this significant?

4. What happens at the welcoming ceremony the Mayor of Le Havre conducts?

5. How is Hornblower captured at the end of the book?

6. What is Napoleon Bonaparte's response to Le Havre's liberation? Why?

7. How does Hornblower try to save Brown's life?

8. On the evening of Brown's marriage to his sweetheart, the Comte relays some bad news to Hornblower. What is the news and how does it affect Hornblower?

9. What does Hornblower come to realize about his wife and himself?

10. What are some of the reasons that Hornblower doesn't return immediately to England?

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