2. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne?
(a) That he is holding Cambronne's wife as hostage and if Cambronne carries out his intentions, she will be shot.
(b) That Napoleon has recently died.
(c) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Freeport at the moment.
(d) That there are 4 English frigates in port at Barbados at the moment.

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

4. What keeps the sea anchor bundled up until Estrella reaches top speed?
(a) A length of spun yarn.
(b) Two cotter pins.
(c) A length of wire.
(d) Paper wrapping.

5. What does Sharpe observe about Cambronne's route?
(a) Cambronne will probably go around the Florida Keys.
(b) Cambronne must ride out the hurricane coming up the Gulf before he can get away completely.
(c) Cambronne must call at Corpus Christi to embark his men.
(d) Cambronne will probably call at Cuba for more slaves.

6. What does the governor tell Hornblower as he makes port?
(a) That Hornblower's wife's boat sank.
(b) The the Daring sinks with all hands lost.
(c) That Madam Cambronne is under the protection of the Americans.
(d) That Napoleon has died.

7. What ensures Fell's continued employment?
(a) Nothing, but he has plenty of money now.
(b) Hornblower's recommendation.
(c) The success with the Estrella del Sur.
(d) Spendlove's recommendation.

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

9. Why is Hornblower in New Orleans?
(a) To oversee the construction of a new frigate.
(b) To talk to a French general.
(c) To pay an official courtesy visit.
(d) To meet up with his wife.

10. What is one thing Sharp and Hornblower are discussing?
(a) The Louisiana Purchase.
(b) The Napoleonic Wars.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) The Boer Wars.

11. Upon whom does Hornblower decide to keep a close watch?
(a) The French diplomat visiting New Orleans.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Cambronne.

12. What was the one thing Hornblower had not planned upon?
(a) That the pintle would hold fast.
(b) That there would be so much cargo on the Estrella.
(c) That the pintle would be completely jerked off the ship.
(d) The the sea anchor would cause the Estrella to keel over so badly.

13. What happens as the sea anchor deploys?
(a) The ship keels to starboard and takes on water.
(b) Its massive towing force jerks on the rudder pintle.
(c) The ship keels to port and rolls far enough to break the main mast.
(d) The ship's bow dips and cracks at the force of hitting the waves.

14. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?
(a) His aide-de-camp.
(b) His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General.
(c) The English Diplomat to the United States.
(d) A distant relative of Hornblower who has a merchant fleet docked out of New Orleans.

15. To what is the sea anchor attached?
(a) The Clorinda's rudder pintle.
(b) The sunken ship.
(c) The cone.
(d) To the rudder pintle of the Estrella del Sur.