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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) four
(b) two
(c) one
(d) three

2. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?
(a) Hebe, her lascivious handmaid
(b) Herbert, her native servant
(c) Carmen, her South American girlfriend
(d) Margaret, her sister

3. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?
(a) not one
(b) three
(c) two
(d) four

4. What did every midnight show in the sky?
(a) the north star guiding the ship
(b) the Great Bear
(c) the Southern Cross higher
(d) a starry night

5. What might have saved the romance of Hornblower and Lady Barbara?
(a) if Lady Barbara had swallowed her pride
(b) if they had had two or three days to get over the upset
(c) if Hornblower had begged for forgiveness
(d) if Hornblower had found out his wife had passed on

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

2. Who relieved Rayner at eight bells?

3. Describe the Viceroy at Panama.

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

5. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?

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