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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What delights Hornblower?
(a) That the Count likes to play whist.
(b) That Bush is not interested in Marie.
(c) That Brown has become involved with a woman.
(d) That Marie seems to find him attractive.

2. What does Hornblower learn in a letter from Barbara?
(a) That she left her husband.
(b) That she is nursing her husband back to health.
(c) That she adopted his son.
(d) That Marie died quickly and peacefully.

3. What intrigues Hornblower as he observes the activities of the harbor?
(a) That the French have only one frigate in the harbor.
(b) The fact that there are a dozen or more American vessels.
(c) That there are ten captured English vessels in the harbor.
(d) The local blockade effort.

4. After passing through Blois, Chaumont, Amboise, Tour, and Langeais, what does Brown announce?
(a) He married while in France.
(b) He can smell the sea.
(c) He is staying in France.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where is Hornblower often gazing?
(a) At Marie.
(b) At Felix's daughter.
(c) At the distant town of Nevers and the River.
(d) At Bertrand's daughter.

6. What does Hornblower observe in the towns through which they pass?
(a) The architecture.
(b) The evidence of war.
(c) The number of soldiers.
(d) The women.

7. What's the biggest problem of escaping once a vessel is secured?
(a) Piloting through the difficult estuarial waters.
(b) Avoiding the cannons at the fort.
(c) Not being fired upon by British ships.
(d) Sneaking past the local militia.

8. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?
(a) Sir Thomas Drake.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Admiral Lord Gambier.
(d) Admiral Lord Nelson.

9. Why do the men have to man the sweeps?
(a) They are being pursued.
(b) They need to manuever around the sandbars.
(c) The wind has died.
(d) To keep the men disciplined.

10. Who builds a boat?
(a) Hornblower and Brown.
(b) Bush and Brown.
(c) Felix and his son-in-law.
(d) Bertrand and his sons.

11. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?
(a) The end of the war with Napoleon.
(b) The new steam engines.
(c) The victory of Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar.
(d) Hornblower's virtues and amazement at his exploits.

12. How many men were killed through the battle where Hornblower lost his ship?
(a) 117.
(b) 231.
(c) 2.
(d) 44.

13. For how long has Hornblower been without sleep?
(a) Almost a week
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 40 hours.
(d) 72 hours.

14. What is the fleet commander's response to Hornblower's account?
(a) He does not offer an opinion.
(b) He states that Hornblower is considered a traitor.
(c) He states that Hornblower was promoted in absentia.
(d) He states that Hornblower has enjoyed the protection and guidance of divine providence.

15. What do the men carefully observe?
(a) The way the foliage along the banks change.
(b) The angle of the sun.
(c) The directions the fish swim.
(d) The river's flow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens every few days?

2. How is Hornblower able to bluster his way onto the cutter he decides to steal?

3. What does Hornblower hope about Barbara?

4. What do the men find awkward?

5. How many men were wounded?

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