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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange item is unloaded from the ship with the other special cargo carried on the Indefatigable?
(a) An American flag.
(b) A guillotine.
(c) A black metal box.
(d) A coffin.

2. What does Jackson throw into the Spanish Galley?
(a) A stick of dynamite.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A grapple.
(d) An anchor.

3. Where does the Indefatigable go after learning of Hornblower's experience on shore?
(a) To dock in a safe port.
(b) To deliver the message.
(c) To find medical attention.
(d) To join the British fleet.

4. Where is Hornblower taken to prison?
(a) Ferron.
(b) Frannol.
(c) Ferrol.
(d) Fyre.

5. What does Hornblower see a rat do when he goes ashore after the fire ship incident?
(a) Jump into the ocean and sink.
(b) Gnaw a hole in a grain sack.
(c) Stagger around in broad daylight.
(d) Bite a man's toe.

6. What does the port admiral decide to do with the Le Reve?
(a) Sell it back to France.
(b) Purchase it into the Naval service.
(c) Send it on an espionage detail.
(d) Fit it with gins and make a small warship.

7. Where does the Duchess offer to hide the dispatches when the Spanish ship closes on them?
(a) In her corset.
(b) In her petticoats.
(c) Under her hat.
(d) In her luggage.

8. What title is held by the man leading the French part of the special cargo that the Indefatigable is to transport?
(a) Earl.
(b) Marquis.
(c) Prince.
(d) Duke.

9. What does Hornblower see stacked in the town square of a French village?
(a) Fine clothing.
(b) Rotting food.
(c) Headless bodies.
(d) Bibles.

10. What causes Hornblower to change his course after leaving Gibraltar?
(a) A storm.
(b) Fog.
(c) A change in the wind.
(d) A Spanish fleet.

11. What is the Indefatigable told to transport after the capture of the ship with the strange French sails?
(a) Barley.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Rice.

12. Where does Hornblower hear the Spanish fleet battling the British fleet?
(a) Off the Cape of Good Hope.
(b) In the line of the trade route to China.
(c) Off the Cape of St. Vincent.
(d) Just off the shore of Gibraltar.

13. What do all the Spaniards on board the Spanish Galley do when Hornblower gets on board?
(a) Faint from smoke inhalation.
(b) Shoot at him.
(c) Laugh at him.
(d) Die from his fire.

14. Where are the retreating soldiers ferried to?
(a) The Indefatigable.
(b) The Papillon.
(c) The Justinian.
(d) The Marie Galant.

15. Where do the board of examiners and Hornblower head when the lieutenant examination is cut short?
(a) Their ships.
(b) A freshwater port.
(c) Calypso.
(d) The medical vessel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must be done before Hornblower will give his money to the trade commissioner on shore?

2. Who is the senior officer of the board of examiners?

3. What powers the Spanish Galleys?

4. What will happen if Hornblower fails his lieutenant examination?

5. Where is Hornblower supposed to take the cargo he purchased on shore?

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