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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. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?
(a) He has recovered many French ships for the British.
(b) He has enough money to replace it.
(c) He was ordered into battle under terrible odds.
(d) He is considered a hero and no one minds the loss of one ship.

2. How is Bush injured?
(a) He loses a foot and three fingers.
(b) He loses one eye and his arm.
(c) He is unscathed.
(d) He loses a foot.

3. Why are they taken there?
(a) To read up on the news.
(b) To meet the rest of the familyl.
(c) That is the only place the Comte will let them stay.
(d) It is the warmest room in the house.

4. What does Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?
(a) Two English spies following the coach.
(b) A rowboat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) An English ship off the coast.

5. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.
(b) Both midshipmen.
(c) First mate and Steward.
(d) First and second mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?

2. Where do the men spend their first night in France?

3. What does the doctor do to help Bush?

4. What does Hornblower notice about Marie?

5. Where does Brown stay when Bush is sent off to bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are mostly in Hornblower's thoughts as he waits his future?

2. How does the Spanish surgeon feel about Bush being transported and what does he do to mitigate the possible repercussions to Bush? What does this say about the surgeon's character?

3. Who does Hornblower think of when he first meets Marie and what might these thoughts foreshadow?

4. What does Hornblower awaken to a few days after his capture? How does he respond? What does he see? What do you think he might have felt when he first saw the fight?

5. How did Hornblower end up where he is at the beginning of the novel?

6. What is Hornblower told will be done with him? How would you feel if you were him?

7. How do the Spanish treat Hornblower and what can he see from where he is? What do you think it says about his character that they would do this?

8. What happens to Bush as the travel to Paris continues? Do you think people in that era were tougher than those today?

9. Why does Colonel Caillard come to Rosas prison? What is Caillard like as a man? How do you think Hornblower felt about the man?

10. How does Hornblower decide who will travel to Paris with him? Do you think it was a good choice?

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