2. Who is Captain Thomas Fell?
(a) The commander of the USS Constitution.
(b) The commander of the HMS Leopard.
(c) The commander of the HMS Java.
(d) The commander of the Estrella del Sur.

3. What does Hornblower order Spendlove to do?
(a) Suggest Hornblower's plan to capture the Estrella to Fell.
(b) Board the Estrella and ask for asylum.
(c) Go ashore and wait for Hornblower's signal.
(d) Board the Estrella as a new hand and plant a bomb belowdecks.

4. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?
(a) Sharpe assures Hornblower that Cambronne is being genuine.
(b) Hornblower thinks Cambronne is a gentleman and as such would not lie.
(c) Too much wine.
(d) He is laywaid by a beautiful woman.

5. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?
(a) A large bounty.
(b) Citations.
(c) Promotions.
(d) Time in dry dock.

6. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?
(a) At Port-au-Prince.
(b) At Cuba's harbor of Guantanamo.
(c) On the open seas.
(d) At Freeport.

7. What does the Clorinda do?
(a) Starts to close but then also flounders in the heavy seas.
(b) Fires a few shots across the bow of the Estrella.
(c) Closes quickly.
(d) Starts to close but takes a few rounds in the hull causing it to start taking on water.

8. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?
(a) A citation and reassignment out of the tropics.
(b) 1000 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) Nothing since it's not a slave ship.

9. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?
(a) Both Hornblower and Fell believe the Estrella is out of reach.
(b) Both Hornblower and Fell believe the Estrella can be taken without an ensuing problem.
(c) Hornblower believes the Estrella is out of reach but Fell believes otherwise.
(d) Fell believes the Estrella is out of reach but Hornblower believes otherwise.

10. Who follows the Estrella out of port?
(a) The Java and the Sutherland.
(b) The Clorinda.
(c) The San Juan shore patrol.
(d) A French frigate.

11. Why is San Juan problematic as far as the capture of Estrella del Sur?
(a) It is not under English rule.
(b) It is a neutral port.
(c) There are so many other Spanish vessels in port.
(d) It has declared itself against England.

12. What happens to the pintle?
(a) It breaks in two.
(b) It hold fast.
(c) It slews the ship sideways.
(d) It is jerked out of the hull.

13. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?
(a) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the United States.
(b) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in New Zealand.
(c) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in Australia.
(d) Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies.

14. What do ships-of-war gain from capturing slave ships?
(a) Choice assignments next time.
(b) A citation.
(c) A rotation back to England.
(d) Head money.

15. What cargo does the Estreela del Sur often carry?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Rum and cigars from Cuba.
(c) Arms and ammo for the war in Brazil.
(d) Tobacco from the Southern states.