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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cockpit?
(a) the area where the pumps are located
(b) the cook's area
(c) the surgeon's area
(d) the area where the coxswain resides

2. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?
(a) in Captain Hornblower's cabin
(b) in surgeon, Laurie's cabin
(c) in Polwheal, Hornblower's steward's cabin
(d) In 1st Lieutenant Bush's cabin

3. During the repairs on the ship what is Hornblower's main concern?
(a) preparing for renewed battle with Natividad
(b) the lifting of the heavy spar that will serve as the jury mizzen
(c) accounting for all the cannons
(d) the repairs to the cabin

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

5. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?
(a) that they laughed at him and he became their chief source of entertainment
(b) that they didn't feed him
(c) that they spat on him
(d) they were going to hang him without his being able to make make peace with God

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

7. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?
(a) Hornblower is under arrest for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(b) Hornblower is ordered to return to England
(c) Spain is now England's ally
(d) Hornblower and his crew are invited to a dinner on shore

8. What difficulty does Hornblower encounter after his visit with the Viceroy and his return to Lydia?
(a) His men became drunk during his absence
(b) The anchor is heavily fouled.
(c) Lady Barbara hung her underwear on deck to dry
(d) He finds out Hebe, Lady Barbara's maid, is a prostitute

9. How many casualties did Lydia suffer in the battle with Natividad?
(a) approximately one half of her crew
(b) approximately one-quarter of her crew
(c) more than one third of her crew
(d) 45 seamen

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

11. Who was Gerard?
(a) the handsome womanizing gunner
(b) the half wit coxswain
(c) the 3rd Lieutenant
(d) the cook

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

13. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?
(a) to desist in helping El Supremo and to suppress rebellion
(b) to return to England at the first opportunity
(c) to enjoy his quest for prize ships
(d) to accompany them to Panama for further orders

14. What could Lydia not hope to survive in her present condition?
(a) another sea battle
(b) an attack by pirates
(c) the storms of Cape Horn
(d) another seven months at sea

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hornblower take Lydia to be repaired?

2. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?

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

4. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?

5. What is secured on the deck of Lydia after the sea battle with Natividad?

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