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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who built the Sutherland?
(a) The Dutch.
(b) The English.
(c) The German.
(d) The French.

2. On the Sutherland, what do the new hands do before going below the decks?
(a) Show their paperwork.
(b) Say a prayer.
(c) Bathe.
(d) Get knighted.

3. What does Hornblower discuss with Bolton during their first dinner together?
(a) Leaving the military.
(b) Running for politics.
(c) Military strategy.
(d) Their personal lives.

4. How does Hornblower pay for his personal provisions to be used while on the Sutherland?
(a) He pawns a sword.
(b) He uses all of his savings.
(c) He sells a medal.
(d) He takes out a loan.

5. How does Hornblower feel toward his wife, Maria?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Worried.
(d) In love.

6. How many men from the Indiamen ships become part of the Sutherland's crew?
(a) 130.
(b) 150.
(c) 120.
(d) 140.

7. What part of the lugger is damaged when they surround the Sutherland?
(a) The window.
(b) The mast.
(c) Nothing is damaged.
(d) The side.

8. What does Hornblower want to control aboard the Sutherland?
(a) Stowaways.
(b) Women.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Vermin.

9. What is the name of the ship Bolton leads?
(a) Constatoga.
(b) Calipso.
(c) Corju.
(d) Caligula.

10. What has the Sutherland done to the other ships in her squadron the day they set for the sea?
(a) She held up their progress.
(b) She kept them on track.
(c) She bumped into a few of them.
(d) She got them lost.

11. Who does Bolton casually disregard while having dinner with Hornblower?
(a) Himself.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Leighton.
(d) Maria.

12. Why are the French luggers a threat to the Sutherland?
(a) They have larger guns.
(b) They move faster.
(c) They run into the Sutherland head-on.
(d) They follow on either side.

13. How does Hornblower feel as he nears the place where he will drop off the Indiamen?
(a) Happy.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Moody.
(d) Indifferent.

14. During their first dinner together, what does Bolton decide one of the ships-of-line should do?
(a) Take tourists for a ride.
(b) Be redone.
(c) Look for prizes.
(d) Return to England.

15. How does Hornblower's crew change after the French lugger attack?
(a) They work faster.
(b) They are more sad.
(c) They are unchanged.
(d) They talk more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Hornblower respond to the French brig flags correctly?

2. What successful cruise does Captain Horatio Hornblower come off of at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Why does the French brig not immediately try to escape the Sutherland?

4. In Chapter 5, how does Hornblower describe the way he readied the Sutherland?

5. How does Hornblower describe the way he dresses while dining with the Leightons?

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