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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 name of the first captured ship Hornblower is assigned to take to shore?
(a) Gentle Marie.
(b) Marie Galant.
(c) May Gentile.
(d) Galant Mary.

2. Which of the following is NOT a man assigned to Hornblower's crew to take the captured ship to shore?
(a) Carson.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Matthews.
(d) Johnson.

3. What is the name of the captain of the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?
(a) Newman.
(b) Neville.
(c) Neuville.
(d) Nouvant.

4. What is the first thing Hornblower sets about repairing on board his first captured vessel?
(a) The topmast.
(b) The hull.
(c) The rigging.
(d) The forecastle.

5. What kind of ship is the one that first finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?
(a) Privateer.
(b) Schooner.
(c) Ship of the Line.
(d) Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Hornblower in the place he goes to find solitude on the ship?

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

3. Who is seen in the maintop by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?

4. How old is Simpson at the beginning of the book?

5. Where is Hornblower drifting after losing the Marie Galant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Hornblower plan to sail to after losing the Marie Galant?

2. What does Keene suggest Hornblower to do after his duel with Simpson?

3. What is the Marie Galant carrying, and why is this so shocking to Hornblower?

4. What does Hornblower do when his captured ship starts sailing sluggishly, and what surprising news do they find?

5. What happens to Hornblower during the battle against the ship with the strange French sail?

6. What happens to Hales as the boats near the Papillon before the attack?

7. What does Hornblower contemplate doing when Simpson's hazing gets worse and worse?

8. What is the duty of the Indefatigable out at sea?

9. What does Hornblower find in the cable tier one night?

10. What does Captain Pellew say to Hornblower when he hears of his experience with the Marie Galant?

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