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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. How does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after leaving the ball?
(a) He climbs abord an enemy ship and goes with them.
(b) He sails into port.
(c) By small boats.
(d) He swims.

2. Where is Hornblower sent after Wychwood's diplomatic trip?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) London.
(c) Riga.
(d) Frankfort.

3. What prevents Hornblower's flotilla from entering the dock at the destination after the ball?
(a) A reef.
(b) A net.
(c) A giant boom.
(d) A sandbar.

4. What do the men at dinner with Wychwood talk about?
(a) War.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) Women.

5. What is the name of the ship that gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?
(a) Raven.
(b) Clam.
(c) Moth.
(d) Lotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of boat does Hornblower take to shore when he sees the smoke?

2. Which ships does Hornblower designate as the escape vessels at the blocked dock?

3. Who is the young man who is ignored at the dinner with Wychwood?

4. What causes Hornblower to use poor judgment at the dinner with Wychwood?

5. What does Hornblower call the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower learn about the local feelings about the destruction of the Blanchefleur?

2. What does Wychwood bring back from his diplomatic mission?

3. How did Hornblower's plan at the blocked dock work?

4. What does Hornblower see on the coast of Riga, and how does he know what they are?

5. What does Hornblower do to get his bomb ketches in on the action at Riga?

6. Who is the pale young man at the dinner, and why is he ignored?

7. Where does Hornblower decide to take his flotilla after his surprise visitor leaves?

8. What news does Hornblower hear from England after his plan with the bomb ketches works?

9. What does Hornblower do after the dinner, and what leads him to do this?

10. What do Hornblower and Wychwood talk about when they first meet?

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