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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?
(a) palmettos
(b) wood
(c) local volcanic stone
(d) mud

2. Who is Polwheal?
(a) a red-haired half-wit
(b) Hornblower's steward
(c) the ship surgeon
(d) 1st lieutenant

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

4. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?
(a) in Peru
(b) in Ecuador
(c) in the whole west coast of South America
(d) across the Isthmus of Darien

5. What does Captain Hornblower do at the same time every morning?
(a) He commands Lydia to beat to quarters.
(b) He takes to the quarter deck and paces for an hour.
(c) He climbs the foremast.
(d) He drills his crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?

2. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?

3. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?

4. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?

5. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Horatio Hornblower prove himself a good captain during the section "The Prosperous Voyage"?

2. What appears on the beach the morning after Hornblower's visit to El Supremo's palace?

3. Describe Alvarado whom Hornblower was ordered to help in a rebellion against Spain?

4. What does El Supremo demand upon boarding Natividad and why is it meaningless?

5. Hornblower is not close to any of the crew under him and neither is El Supremo close to his men. What are some of the differences between Hornblower's relationship with his men and the behavior El Supremo exhbits toward his men?

6. Describe Captain Hornblower's appearance?

7. What was Captain Hornblower ordered to do by the British admiralty?

8. What does Hornblower do with the captured officers and crew of Natividad?

9. What does Hornblower see on his way to El Supremo's palace?

10. Describe the incident which took place in the village near where Lydia was anchored?

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