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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might have saved the romance of Hornblower and Lady Barbara?
(a) if they had had two or three days to get over the upset
(b) if Hornblower had found out his wife had passed on
(c) if Lady Barbara had swallowed her pride
(d) if Hornblower had begged for forgiveness

2. What does Lady Barbara dream of?
(a) fried eggs, bread and butter, cabbage
(b) scones and pastries
(c) steak and potatoes
(d) griddle cakes and sausages

3. Who relieved Rayner at eight bells?
(a) Hornblower
(b) Gerard
(c) Polwheal
(d) Bush

4. When Lady Barbara asked "Dear, What's troubling you? Tell me, dear" of Hornblower, what did he answer?
(a) I am a married man
(b) I love you too much
(c) I fear your family
(d) I am of a lower class than you

5. What did every noontide show?
(a) the flying fish skimming over the sea
(b) the wind filling the sails
(c) the sun lower in the sky
(d) the crew sitting down together for a meal

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?

2. What was Hornblower wearing when the salutes were rolling round the bay?

3. When would Hornblower be permitted to capture treasure ships in the Pacific?

4. The word was to be passed to whom about firing salutes etc.?

5. Describe Lady Barbara.

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