3. Who comes aboard Lydia in a small craft to speak with Hornblower?
(a) Hernandez Lopez
(b) Manuel Hernandez
(c) Don Juan
(d) El Suprempo

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

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

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

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

8. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?
(a) seven weeks
(b) six weeks
(c) seven months
(d) 3 months

9. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?
(a) Manuel Hernandez
(b) El Supremo
(c) Hernando Alvarez
(d) Jesus de Natividad

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

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

12. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?
(a) 21
(b) 23
(c) 19
(d) 20

13. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the French Revolution
(b) the War of 1812
(c) the Seven Years' War
(d) Napoleonic War between France and England

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

15. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?
(a) to hold them 'til their flogging
(b) to keep them from fighting back
(c) to teach them the superiority of the English
(d) to save them from being executed by El Supremo