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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?

2. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?

3. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

4. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

5. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Captain Hornblower's appearance?

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

3. Which supplies was Lydia out of or low on after seven months at sea?

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

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

6. What is the strategy Hornblower devises to capture Natividad, though it is larger and has more guns than the Lydia has?

7. Why do you think it was a wise decision of Hornblower not to get familiar with his lieutenants and to remain aloof and close-mouthed?

8. What is the stragegy that El Supremo lays out to Hornblower about conquest?

9. Describe the actual battle that ensues after Lydia takes Navtividad by surprise?

10. What was weighing heavily on Captain Hornblower's mind after 7 months at sea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe how Lady Barbara nurses the wounded and dying in the cockpit of the ship.

2) Describe Lady Barbara's views on nursing. How do they differ from the view most people today hold of nursing? Why isn't Lady Barbara another Florence Nightingale?

3) How does Lady Barbara's behavior as a nurse change when Galbraith lies dying . What is touching about this encounter between Galbraith and Lady Barbara?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) In Hornblower's opinion who should nurse the sick aboard a ship?

2) What was Hornblower's reaction upon seeing Lady Barbara kneeling beside the wounded men in the cockpit?

3) Describe the operation Lady Barbara, Laurie, and Hornblower perform on the chest of an unfortunate seaman. What can Lady Barbara do that the men would be clumsy at?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the physical appearance and the clothes of the Crespo and the appearance and clothes of the men he brings with him to take over the captured Natividad.

2) Describe how Crespo quells any resistance among the Spanish crew he now commands aboard the Natividad. Why do the Spanish crew members have mortal fear of him?

3) Describe how Crespo insults the Spaniard's religion. What does he do that shocks them?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

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