2. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?
(a) bread
(b) hominy grits
(c) ground maize
(d) plantains

3. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?
(a) 4 knots
(b) 2 knots
(c) 6 knots
(d) 3 knots

4. What had long been a dream of the British government?
(a) having better ships and seamen than any other country
(b) establishing colonies in South America
(c) starting a rebellion in the Spanish American colonies
(d) becoming the most powerful country in the world

5. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?
(a) to come to dinner aboard the Lydia
(b) to untie the "unenlightened" men he had staked in the sun
(c) to re-stock Lydia with food, water and other necessities
(d) to sail with him to Panama

6. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) boredom
(b) a long period of rough seas
(c) long, idle days
(d) lack of food

7. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?
(a) execute a hesitant boy
(b) withhold food for three days
(c) tie a disobedient crewsman to the mast
(d) threaten that any crewman who disobeys must walk the plank

8. How is Lydia successful in taking Natividad?
(a) by hiding behind an island and taking Natividad by surprise
(b) by Hornblower's talent as a captain
(c) by superior crew skills
(d) by using her cannonades

9. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?
(a) six weeks
(b) seven months
(c) 3 months
(d) seven weeks

10. Who is Brown?
(a) botswain's mate
(b) crewman
(c) master's mate
(d) coxswain

11. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?
(a) He acted in such a way to make it appear he was a homosexual.
(b) He spat on the deck.
(c) He tossed the image of the Virgin and Child overboard.
(d) He ordered the Spanish sailing master to be flogged.

12. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?
(a) his pot belly
(b) his large nose
(c) his big feet
(d) his thin legs

13. How many months at sea were they without touching land?
(a) six
(b) seven
(c) five
(d) seven and a half

14. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?
(a) 19
(b) 21
(c) 20
(d) 23

15. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) a native wedding procession
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) a herd of wild boar
(d) strange exotic foliage