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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Gerard?
(a) steward
(b) the ship's surgeon
(c) warrant officer
(d) 2nd lieutenant

3. Who was Galbraith?
(a) steward, originally from Wales
(b) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland
(c) helmsman
(d) coxswain, originally from Ireland

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

5. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?
(a) dressed in his best finery
(b) called the crew to the quarterdeck to celebrate with rum
(c) ordered a beat to quarters
(d) wrote a letter to the admiralty

6. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the French Revolution
(b) Napoleonic War between France and England
(c) the Seven Years' War
(d) the War of 1812

7. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?
(a) a mixture of mashed biscuit crumbs and minced salt beef
(b) rum and scones
(c) black extract of burnt bread
(d) dry bread crusts and milk

8. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?
(a) 36
(b) 50
(c) 46
(d) 40

9. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?
(a) 36
(b) 26
(c) 50
(d) 60

10. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) Don Julian Alvarado
(b) Ship Captain Andrade
(c) the Spaniards
(d) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo

11. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the Gulf of Fonseca
(b) on the coast of Nicaragua
(c) on the coast of Ecuador
(d) on the Gulf of Sequia

12. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?
(a) calls a beat to quarters
(b) hoists the sails
(c) unconcernedly asks some officers to dinner and plays cards
(d) fires the cannonades at Natividad

13. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) black with a red star in the middle
(b) blue with a yellow star in the middle
(c) green with a yellow star in the middle
(d) yellow with a blue star in the middle

14. How many guns does Natividad have on board?
(a) 50
(b) 36
(c) 40
(d) 46

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?

2. How many months at sea were they without touching land?

3. How far above the deck is the foremast gallant top?

4. Until Lydia had made harbor what was the favorite dish in the midshipman's berth?

5. What did Hornblower do when he didn't know how to respond to something someone said?

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