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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fate of Natividad?
(a) she is captured by Lydia
(b) she escapes into the night
(c) she goes up in flames, the sea swallowing her up
(d) she returns to El Supremo

2. What does Hornblower announce to the Spanish politicians after he admits fomenting revolution and delivering Natividad to El Supremo?
(a) admits he was foolish in siding with such a madman as El Supremo under any circumstance
(b) he will call on the Spanish governor at Panama and seek to destroy or capture Natividad
(c) that he will sail immediately for England
(d) that he continue fomenting revolution against Spain

3. What did Hornblower order done when the crew became depressed and discouraged?
(a) ordered them to take a meal
(b) ordered them to pray
(c) ordered the red-haired Sullivan to play the fiddle and the men to dance
(d) ordered them to sing sea shanties

4. What was the indication that Lydia could only just hold in check the water coming aboard through the holes shot in her hull?
(a) the ship sat lower in the water
(b) the men were tired of manning the pumps
(c) there was water on deck
(d) clear white water gushed from the pumps

5. What did Lady Barbara say they needed in the cockpit?
(a) fresh air
(b) warm food for the wounded
(c) sterilized surgical instruments
(d) prayer

6. Who is the captain of Natividad?
(a) El Supremo
(b) Cortez
(c) Crespo
(d) Manuel Hernandez

7. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?
(a) that he was captured by the French
(b) that he has come down with yellow fever
(c) that he has married back in England
(d) that he has gained a single military victory in the war

8. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?
(a) calls his officers together to confer on what's best to do
(b) veers to leeward, yielding the weather gauge
(c) retreats to a safe distance away to plan his next move
(d) raises a white flag of truce

9. What did the letter the Spaniard handed Hornblower contain?
(a) a congratualtion on Hornblower's success in sinking Natividad
(b) an invitation to drop anchor in Panama for repairs
(c) a formal prohibition for the Lydia to drop anchor in any port in Spanish America
(d) an invitation to a celebratory dinner ashore

10. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?
(a) the inside of a dark cave
(b) his sickroom as a child
(c) some canto in the Inferno
(d) an orderly hospital room

11. Who died after having both legs smashed below the knees?
(a) Galbraith
(b) Howell
(c) Sullivan
(d) Gerard

12. Where has Lady Barbara been moved to?
(a) Bush's cabin
(b) Gerard's cabin
(c) Hornblower's cabin again
(d) the orlop deck

13. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?
(a) different crewmen had to be assigned to the various repair jobs
(b) the depth of the water had to be tested
(c) the crew had to be well-fed
(d) Lydia must be lightened

14. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?
(a) she waits for the wind to rise
(b) she wets her sails
(c) two of her boats tow her
(d) she waits for Natividad to approach her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it so hot in the little bay where Lydia dropped anchor?

2. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

3. During the repairs on the ship what is Hornblower's main concern?

4. What is the cockpit?

5. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?

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