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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens just after the Indefatigable is escorted out to sea by the Spanish Galleys?
(a) Cannons are shot.
(b) The wind dies.
(c) The British battery arrives.
(d) A storm hits.

2. What starts heading towards Hornblower during the lieutenant examination?
(a) A medical emergency.
(b) An enemy vessel.
(c) A large storm.
(d) A fire ship.

3. How many men does Hornblower rescue from the wrecked Spanish ship?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. What does Jackson throw into the Spanish Galley?
(a) A stick of dynamite.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A grapple.
(d) A grenade.

5. Where does Hornblower take the Le Reve after it has been captured?
(a) Gibraltar Shore.
(b) Gibraltar Dock.
(c) Gibraltar Port.
(d) Gibraltar Bay.

6. What force helped Hornblower secure the Spanish Galley?
(a) Rage.
(b) Personality.
(c) Threats.
(d) Weapons.

7. What causes Hornblower to change his course after leaving Gibraltar?
(a) Fog.
(b) A Spanish fleet.
(c) A change in the wind.
(d) A storm.

8. What is the name of the man leading the French part of the special cargo that the Indefatigable is to transport?
(a) Parley.
(b) Pouzauges.
(c) Poulantie.
(d) Pristine.

9. How long is Hornblower kept in prison?
(a) 20 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 months.

10. Who will Hornblower be replacing when he becomes an active lieutenant?
(a) Smith.
(b) Styles.
(c) Soames.
(d) Simms.

11. What is the Indefatigable doing when Spain makes peace with France?
(a) Taking a sabbatical.
(b) Guarding a British fleet.
(c) Fighting the French Army.
(d) Raiding a Spanish fleet.

12. Why is Hornblower chosen to be liaison between the two men in charge of the special cargo the indefatigable is to transport?
(a) He has a calming nature.
(b) He is the most diplomatic.
(c) He speaks French.
(d) He drew the shortest straw.

13. Who is with Hornblower when he sees a Spanish ship wrecked on the rocks while he is in prison?
(a) Another prisoner.
(b) The Garrison.
(c) The General.
(d) The commandant.

14. What rank do the men on the board of examiners hold?
(a) Commander.
(b) General.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Captain.

15. What do all the Spaniards on board the Spanish Galley do when Hornblower gets on board?
(a) Faint from smoke inhalation.
(b) Shoot at him.
(c) Die from his fire.
(d) Laugh at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lieutenant examination consist of?

2. What does Hornblower try to do with the important dispatches he is carrying when he sees a Spanish ship closing in on him?

3. What is Hornblower weak at doing?

4. What else does Captain Pellew hear when he gets word of the peace between Spain and France?

5. Where does the Indefatigable first land while transporting the special cargo?

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