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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does El Supremo plan to do?
(a) sail with an army to capture the capital of Nicaragua
(b) visit England
(c) capture treasure ships
(d) capture Lydia

3. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?
(a) France
(b) Belgium
(c) Germany
(d) Holland

4. How many months at sea were they without touching land?
(a) seven
(b) seven and a half
(c) five
(d) six

5. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?
(a) execute a hesitant boy
(b) tie a disobedient crewsman to the mast
(c) withhold food for three days
(d) threaten that any crewman who disobeys must walk the plank

6. What had long been a dream of the British government?
(a) starting a rebellion in the Spanish American colonies
(b) establishing colonies in South America
(c) becoming the most powerful country in the world
(d) having better ships and seamen than any other country

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

8. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) three
(b) four
(c) two
(d) one

9. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?
(a) 40
(b) 36
(c) 50
(d) 46

10. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) Don Julian Alvarado
(b) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo
(c) Ship Captain Andrade
(d) the Spaniards

11. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the Gulf of Sequia
(b) on the coast of Nicaragua
(c) on the Gulf of Fonseca
(d) on the coast of Ecuador

12. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?
(a) 3rd Lieutenant Galbraith
(b) 1st Lieutenant Bush
(c) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(d) boatswain Harrison

13. When would Hornblower be permitted to capture treasure ships in the Pacific?
(a) right before returning to England
(b) after the rebellion against Spain was successful
(c) after one month
(d) after he ship was repaired and fullly stocked with food

14. How far above the deck is the foremast gallant top?
(a) 40' above the deck.
(b) 130' above the deck.
(c) 125' above the deck.
(d) 140' above the deck.

15. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?
(a) 60
(b) 36
(c) 26
(d) 50

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?

2. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

3. How many guns does Natividad have on board?

4. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?

5. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?

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