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

2. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?
(a) A red silk scarf.
(b) An embroidered handkerchief.
(c) A linen shirt.
(d) A blue belted sash.

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

4. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) His servant, Brown.
(b) Harding.
(c) Captain Sawyer.
(d) Lieutanent Chadwick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?

2. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?

3. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?

4. Who is the Mayor of Le Havre?

5. What does Hornblower notice as he is about to go into battle at Le Havre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does LeBrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris? What does this news suggest about the war?

2. What type of deal is offered to Hornblower on behalf of the Mayor of Le Havre? Why?

3. What does Hornblower do with Lieutenant Chadwick, the one who loses control of the Flame through mutiny?

4. How does C. S. Forester show that Hornblower has the "common touch" in his interactions with men?

5. What does Hornblower's plan to deal with mutineers depend on?

6. What happens to the mutineers after the French East India ship is captured?

7. Being a sailor is dangerous and hard work, what do sailors expect in terms of monetary rewards?

8. What happens to show Hornblower that the French may be just as tired of the war as the English?

9. What does the Admiralty do on Hornblower's news of the Flame and the possible surrender of Le Havre?

10. As a midshipman, Hornblower is atypical, why?

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