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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unprosperous Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?
(a) unconcernedly asks some officers to dinner and plays cards
(b) fires the cannonades at Natividad
(c) hoists the sails
(d) calls a beat to quarters

2. Who was Howell?
(a) the ship's carpenter
(b) the surgeon
(c) Hornblower's steward
(d) one of the warrant officers

3. Where could Hornblower replenish his supplies on the voyage home to England?
(a) Panama, Peru, Nicaragua
(b) St. Helena, Sierra Leone, or Gibraltar
(c) Cape Horn, Chile, the Falkand Islands
(d) Peru, Argentina, Chile

4. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?
(a) two of her boats tow her
(b) she wets her sails
(c) she waits for Natividad to approach her
(d) she waits for the wind to rise

5. Who is Polwheal?
(a) Hornblower's steward
(b) a red-haired half-wit
(c) 1st lieutenant
(d) the ship surgeon

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower tell the Spanish officer who boarded Lydia when Lydia was headed for Panama?

2. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

3. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?

4. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

5. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

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