2. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) blue with a yellow star in the middle
(b) black with a red star in the middle
(c) yellow with a blue star in the middle
(d) green with a yellow star in the middle

3. Who was Galbraith?
(a) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland
(b) helmsman
(c) coxswain, originally from Ireland
(d) steward, originally from Wales

4. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?
(a) He spat on the deck.
(b) He ordered the Spanish sailing master to be flogged.
(c) He tossed the image of the Virgin and Child overboard.
(d) He acted in such a way to make it appear he was a homosexual.

5. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?
(a) rum and scones
(b) dry bread crusts and milk
(c) black extract of burnt bread
(d) a mixture of mashed biscuit crumbs and minced salt beef

6. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?
(a) timidity
(b) arrogance
(c) grandiosity
(d) self-effacement

7. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) a herd of wild boar
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) a native wedding procession
(d) strange exotic foliage

8. Who is Gerard?
(a) the ship's surgeon
(b) steward
(c) warrant officer
(d) 2nd lieutenant

9. How does El Supremo view his subjects?
(a) as his children
(b) as loyal servants
(c) as beasts
(d) as his enemies

10. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?
(a) 4 knots
(b) 3 knots
(c) 6 knots
(d) 2 knots

11. With whom should Hornblower open communication to receive further orders as soon as it was convenient?
(a) the Rear Admiral commanding the Leeward Islands
(b) the Admiral of the Gulf of Fonseca
(c) the English king
(d) the captain of a nearby British ship

12. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?
(a) Dauson
(b) Laurie
(c) Whipple
(d) Harper

13. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?
(a) sink it rather than surrender
(b) hand it over to El Supremo
(c) stay out of sight until arrival at the Gulf of Fonseca
(d) use it to immmedately take Natividad

14. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?
(a) called the crew to the quarterdeck to celebrate with rum
(b) wrote a letter to the admiralty
(c) ordered a beat to quarters
(d) dressed in his best finery

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