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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) Coffee.
(b) An opiate.
(c) Rum.
(d) Alcohol.

2. ________ was officer of the watch during the Captain's fall.
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Bush.
(d) Smith.

3. Since when have the British been at war?
(a) 1693.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1793.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

4. How many times is Wellard beaten in total on this day?
(a) 12.
(b) 24.
(c) 30.
(d) 6.

5. What is "watch and watch" that the Captain orders Hornblower to be on until further notice?
(a) None of the answers are correct.
(b) Two hours on duty and two hours off day and night.
(c) Four hours on duty and four hours off day and night.
(d) Six hours on duty and two hours off day and night.

6. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.
(a) Hobbs.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Clive.
(d) Booth.

7. Wellard is a ____________.
(a) Junior Lieutenant.
(b) Stow away.
(c) Volunteer.
(d) Purser.

8. Why does Bush halt for 15 minutes?
(a) They needed to take a rest.
(b) He was annoyed with them.
(c) There was cattle up ahead.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

9. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would be punished for being idle.
(b) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.
(c) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(d) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.

10. What does Hornblower do on the quarterdeck?
(a) Aids in the swabbing of the deck.
(b) Entertains the men.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Has a shower-bath.

11. In what could hot shot be heated?
(a) Kiln on a ship.
(b) Battery on a ship.
(c) Kiln on land.
(d) Battery on land.

12. At the end of Chapter 6, what is still "a living force in the ship"?
(a) Fear of Yellow Fever.
(b) Fear of mutiny.
(c) Fear of starvation.
(d) Fear of the Captain.

13. Who gives the orders for the ship to be dispatched?
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) King George II.
(c) The Cabinet.
(d) Lords of the Admiralty.

14. The morning after his fall, why is the Captain restrained?
(a) He tried to kill himself.
(b) He attacks the doctor with pistols.
(c) He tried to jump overboard.
(d) He had gone wild with madness.

15. How many years of experience does Bush have?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) Less than 5.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?

2. Finish this quote from the text: "And sea and surf and beach seemed to be _______."

3. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.

4. Which seaman is reported to Bush as being drunk?

5. Who asks Hornblower, "How did the captain come to fall down the hatchway?" at the end of Chapter 8?

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