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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.
(b) A midshipman assigned to him.
(c) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(d) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.

2. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) No one meets Hornblower.
(b) A midshipman.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) Nathaniel Sweet.

3. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) Sixty cavalry.
(b) Three hundred marines.
(c) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.
(d) 10 cannons.

4. How does Hornblower get onto the Flame?
(a) Freeman lowers a boat and Hornblower is rowed over.
(b) He swims over.
(c) He swings over on a rope when the two ships are close enough.
(d) He jumps when the two ships are close enough.

5. How is it possible that Hornblower's plan with the the Porta Coeli masquerade to work?
(a) The Flame and the Porta Coeli are sister ships and look alike.
(b) They are too far from shore for the French to get a good look at the Flame.
(c) It is a game of chicken and Hornblower knows his men don't fail him.
(d) The French can't tell one English ship from another.

6. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Givinig a wolf whistle.
(b) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.
(c) Making a fist and touching the forehead.
(d) Holding up four fingers.

7. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?
(a) They go on strike.
(b) They seem to support Hornblower.
(c) They are horrified and start complaining.
(d) They start to plan their own mutiny.

8. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(b) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.
(c) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.
(d) He is an American spy from New Orleans.

9. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He asks Hornblower.
(b) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(c) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.
(d) He calculates their position using the stars.

10. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Suppress the mutiny onboard and gain control of the ship.
(b) Negotiate with the French who capture the ship.
(c) Take command and go on a covert mission.
(d) Deliver secret orders to the current captain.

11. What do the sailors think of Hornblower's daily ritual?
(a) They heartily approve.
(b) They think daily is unnecessary, weekly is good enough.
(c) They all follow his example.
(d) The Commodore has very strange habits.

12. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?
(a) They have orders to fire on all English ships.
(b) They are bored with the détente.
(c) They think the Flame is the Porta Coeli.
(d) They think the Flame leads the attack the night before.

13. What does Hornblower speculate happens on the Flame as it starts to sail to shore?
(a) Nathaniel Sweet is telling the crew about what happens last night.
(b) The mutineers are united in their purpose.
(c) The crew is suffering from food poisoning, thanks to the tainted ale Hornblower sends over.
(d) There is probably dissension on board with different groups wanting to do different things.

14. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?
(a) At his home in Bath.
(b) At Westminster Abbey.
(c) Escorting his wife on a shopping expedition.
(d) Aboard His Majesty's Flame.

15. What is the name of the French gunboat that Hornblower boards in the fight at Le Havre?
(a) Indefatigable.
(b) Bonne Chance.
(c) Bonne Celestine.
(d) Chasse-Marée

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower know Admiral Pellew?

2. What does some of the Flame mutineers say to Hornblower after the battle at Le Havre?

3. What else does Hornblower do to make his plan with the Porta Coeli masquerade work?

4. What does Lieutenant Freeman offer to do for the other captains?

5. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?

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