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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 can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?
(a) They don't have a big enough opening.
(b) They are full of grain.
(c) They would then be contaminated.
(d) They leak too badly.

2. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?
(a) Bush.
(b) Percival.
(c) Meadows.
(d) Masters.

3. About what does Hornblower wonder concerning the court martial?
(a) If Bush will sit for court martial.
(b) If he will be assigned back to the Hotspur after it is reclaimed.
(c) How long it will take to be informed of the court martial's outcome through official channels.
(d) If Meadows' career is ruined.

4. Where does the French fleet arrive?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) The English Channel.

5. Who will be assisting Calder?
(a) The 3rd Navy's fleet.
(b) The Channel fleet.
(c) The fleet under the command of Cornwallis.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Hornblower summoned?

2. Who comes over to the Princess?

3. What does Hornblower think to himself about Bush?

4. Where does Hotspur run aground?

5. For what does Meadows say he'd give up his prize money for five years?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hornblower's part in Meadows' court martial.

2. What is the outcome of Meadows' court martial?

3. What bothers Hornblower about what Baddlestone tells Hornblower?

4. What does Baddlestone say about the strategic situation between Villeneuve's fleet and that of Nelson's fleet?

5. Describe the new commander of the Hotspur, Captain Meadows.

6. How is Hornblower feeling and why is that surprising to him?

7. How do the English plan on destroying Villeneuve's fleet?

8. What is the purpose of the water-hoy coming alongside the Hotspur?

9. Describe Captain Baddlestone.

10. What does Hornblower suggest and how is it received by Meadows and Baddlestone?

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