2. Why does Hornblower advise against Hooper's plan as far as the pirates are concerned?
(a) Too costly.
(b) It would be ineffectual.
(c) It would make Hooper look weak if he loses the battle.
(d) It could allow the pirates to escape.

3. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?
(a) The vessel is full of dead men.
(b) The vessel is manned by insurrgents.
(c) The vessel is abandoned.
(d) The vessel is full of slaves.

4. What do Hornblower and Ramsbottom spend several evenings doing?
(a) Playing chess.
(b) Playing whist.
(c) Playing bridge.
(d) Playing darts.

5. What is the Helmund transporting?
(a) Gold bullion.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Reinforcements.

6. Why is Governor Hooper outraged?
(a) Because the English conducted manuevers too close to shore and the sound of the gun scare the locals.
(b) Because Lucy Hough told her father that Hornsblower had agreed to marry her.
(c) Because of English intervention in Venezuela.
(d) Because Ramsbottom elopes with Lucy Hough.

7. What do the pirates do?
(a) Say they will fight to the death.
(b) Fire on the messenger.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Kill Johnson.

8. What do the circulars say that are dispatched to various authorities?
(a) That the Spanish are in violation of international law.
(b) The putative English blockade of Venezuela is nothing more than a ruse de guerre perpetrated by Ramsbottom.
(c) That the English have decided to support Bolívar.
(d) That the Dutch are in violation of international law.

9. Where does Hornblower tour the brig?
(a) Aboard the Bride of Abydos.
(b) At the government house.
(c) Aboard the Abydos Lost.
(d) Aboard the Abydos Found.

10. Who goes into the pirate's caves with a white flag?
(a) Hooper.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Spendlove.
(d) Captain Fell.

11. About what is Hooper furious?
(a) The way Mr. Hough treats Hornblower.
(b) The way Hornblower demands a pardon for the pirates.
(c) The way Hornblower humiliates Lucy.
(d) The cost of the search party.

12. What is the ending scene in Chapter 4?
(a) Hornblower going ashore once more to see if he can find Ramsbottom.
(b) Hornblower fleeing to open seas followed by a Spanish frigate.
(c) Hornblower receives another letter from his wife Barbara.
(d) The Clorinda offering aid to Ramsbottom.

13. Where does Hornblower think he is?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Sunburst County.
(c) Pitfall County.
(d) Cockpit Country.

14. Where is Hornblower taken when he returns?
(a) Straight to the governor's home.
(b) To prison.
(c) To Mr. Hough's home.
(d) To the Clorinda.

15. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?
(a) He encounters the captain of the Estrella who punches him out.
(b) He faints from the heat.
(c) He is surrounded by a group of young women.
(d) He is grabbed, gagged and dragged off at knifepoint.