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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word was to be passed to whom about firing salutes etc.?
(a) Bush
(b) Gerard
(c) Mr. Marsh
(d) Howell

2. The freakishness of the weather of Cape Horn allowed Lady Barbara to do what?
(a) stay in her hammock all day
(b) to take air on deck
(c) descend to the cable tier
(d) invited Hornblower and the officers for a game of whist

3. Describe the Viceroy at Panama.
(a) an engaging man, more social than military
(b) a burly man with a commanding presence
(c) a timid man, unready to commit forces to attack the rebellion
(d) a combative man eager to quell the rebellion-

4. What operation do Hornblower, Laurie and Lady Barbara have to perform on Williams?
(a) amputate his leg
(b) remove a splinter from his arm
(c) remove a splinter from his chest
(d) amputate his arm

5. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) green with a yellow star in the middle
(b) yellow with a blue star in the middle
(c) black with a red star in the middle
(d) blue with a yellow star in the middle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower order the surgeon to give to the wounded men?

2. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?

3. When Galbraith was dying, who did he think Lady Barbara was?

4. Who is Brown?

5. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

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