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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?
(a) plantains
(b) bread
(c) hominy grits
(d) ground maize

2. What was the habit of Hornblower to do after he had taken the noon sights?
(a) climb the mast with his glass to view the horizon
(b) take a nap
(c) drill his crew
(d) discuss the ship's progress with Lady Barbara

3. What was the habit of Hornblower to do in the afternoons?
(a) confer with his officers
(b) write in his journal
(c) play whist on the deck
(d) drink coffee with Lady Barbara

4. What strange fancies did Hornblower have after nearly a year cooped up in the Lydia?
(a) fancies of rape and murder
(b) fancies of becoming very wealthy and a landowner
(c) fancies of romance and marriage
(d) fancies of power and prestige

5. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 12
(b) 24
(c) 14
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?

2. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

3. What did the port officer come up the side of the ship to receive?

4. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?

5. How did Hornblower's conscience tell him to remember Maria?

(see the answer key)

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