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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 being held in the storeroom of the ship that picked up Hornblower after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) Paper.
(b) Black powder.
(c) Paint.
(d) Slaves.

2. Who plans the strategic assault on the Papillon?
(a) Keene.
(b) Pellew.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Hornblower.

3. What is the name of the ship that Hornblower's first captain orders him to transfer to?
(a) Indefatigable.
(b) Inpenetrable.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Independance.

4. What worries Hornblower about one of his men after the attack on the Papillon?
(a) A lost look in his eyes.
(b) Rumors from the crew.
(c) Sores on his face.
(d) An injury from the battle.

5. What is Hornblower assigned to help with his first time back on shore after joining the Navy?
(a) A press gang.
(b) A spy operation.
(c) A trading embargo.
(d) A guard duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the boat does Hornblower confine the French men to after losing the Marie Galant?

2. What is Hornblower's first name?

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

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

5. What does Hornblower threaten to do to men that disrupt his sailing after losing the Marie Galant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hornblower save Finch's life during the battle with the ship with the strange French sails?

5. What happens when the Pique sees the Indefatigable coming towards them and why?

6. What does the crew of the Marie Galant see as they are sailing away from their ship?

7. What is the plan that Captain Pellew concocts to attack the Papillon?

8. Why are the men aboard the Justinian so discontented with their lives?

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

10. What does Hornblower realize as he and his crew are sailing away aboard the Papillon?

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