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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the ship with the strange French sails defeated?
(a) A truce between the captains.
(b) Heavy cannon fire.
(c) Boarding maneuver.
(d) The murder of the French captain.

2. What is the first captured ship Hornblower is given command of carrying?
(a) Beans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Rice.
(d) Lead.

3. What does Hornblower find in the cable tier at night?
(a) Rat fights.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Whist games.
(d) A hiding spy.

4. What does Hales say before the attack on the Papillon?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) He feels he should have been placed in charge.
(c) He thinks the plan is too risky.
(d) He knows he will die.

5. Who is seen in the cable tier by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?
(a) God.
(b) The devil.
(c) A spy.
(d) The captain.

6. Which of Hornblower's men does he begin to worry about after the attack of the Papillon?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Styles.
(c) Hales.
(d) Jepson.

7. What kind of ship is the Papillon?
(a) Frigate.
(b) Corvette.
(c) Ship of the line.
(d) Schooner.

8. What rumors are being spread about the man who joins Hornblower in the place he goes for solitude?
(a) He is mentally deficient.
(b) He is a French spy.
(c) He is an escaped convict.
(d) He has a number of wives in different countries.

9. Who wins the game that the sailors play while Hornblower is on shore for the first time since joining the Navy?
(a) Perry.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Simpson.
(d) Hornblower.

10. How many men are present when Hornblower discovers where the man he was worried about got his injuries?
(a) 2.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

11. What does Hornblower do when he suspects the hull of the captured ship was breached?
(a) Asks the crew of the ship.
(b) Sounds the well.
(c) Checks for holes.
(d) Measures the gait in the water.

12. Where is Hornblower drifting after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) Straits of Gibraltar.
(b) Bay of Dolphins.
(c) The English Channel.
(d) Bay of Biscay.

13. What are crews called that take captured vessels into port?
(a) Merchant crews.
(b) Prize crews.
(c) Risk crews.
(d) Capture crews.

14. What does Hornblower do to quiet Hales as the boats approach the Papillon before the attack?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Knocks him out.
(c) Clamps his hand over his mouth.
(d) Throws him overboard.

15. What does Hornblower threaten to do to men that disrupt his sailing after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Put them in charge.
(c) Throw them overboard.
(d) Arrest them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is of utmost importance when the boats are approaching the Papillon before the attack?

2. What does Hornblower spend his time doing while on board the ship that finds him after losing the Marie Galant?

3. What are the ships carrying loads of contraband goods called?

4. Who is sent to help Hornblower in his position when a strange French sail is seen in the distance?

5. Where does the French captain want Hornblower to sail after losing the Marie Galant?

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