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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. What rank is Bush on the ship?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 4th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 3rd.

2. Buckland, as acting Captain, seems to be quite ______________.
(a) Angry.
(b) Inexperienced.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Suspicious.

3. From whose perspective is the novel written?
(a) Buckland.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Wellard.
(d) Bush.

4. Who takes command of the landing party?
(a) Smith.
(b) Buckland.
(c) Bush.
(d) Hornblower.

5. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.
(a) Done, discharged.
(b) Dumb, discharged.
(c) Dead, discharged.
(d) Dead, dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prisoners does Hornblower take at the main gate on the other side of the fort from Bush?

2. How does one of the lieutenants die during the fort's attack on the Renown?

3. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.

4. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.

5. How is the ship's original course altered once the new orders are given?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the proof of the shipmen's diligence of work on the ship?

2. What would happen if the Renown sailed into Kingston with either a success or if "she came limping in"?

3. Why does the Captain target Wellard during his tirades of conspiracy?

4. After Wellard notifies the four shipmen that the Captain is coming, the four men and Wellard disperse. Explain how they accomplish this task.

5. What does it mean that Bush is "brought up in a hard school"?

6. Describe the breakfast that the shipmen have at the beginning of Chapter 5.

7. How is the Captain "pitiful" after his fall down the hatchway?

8. Why do the half-dozen ship's boys scatter sand on the deck prior to the ship's raid on the fort?

9. Phosphorescence is ________________.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what is the signal to the Renown that the fort is in English hands?

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