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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Lydia successful in taking Natividad?
(a) by using her cannonades
(b) by hiding behind an island and taking Natividad by surprise
(c) by Hornblower's talent as a captain
(d) by superior crew skills

2. How would you describe the physical appearance of El Supremo?
(a) a thin, intellectual-looking man who was balding
(b) a swarthy, tanned wild-looking man
(c) a small, unimpressive man with lank black hair
(d) a large man with greying hair

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

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

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

6. Who is Brown?
(a) coxswain
(b) botswain's mate
(c) master's mate
(d) crewman

7. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?
(a) non-religious men
(b) men who deny El Supremo's divinity
(c) men who have never attended school
(d) men who cannot read

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

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

10. Who was the first member of the crew to be publicly flogged?
(a) a red-headed Irishman who played the fiddle
(b) Owen, a half-wit
(c) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(d) Lieutenant Samuel Simmonds

11. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?
(a) three
(b) four
(c) not one
(d) two

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

13. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?
(a) his large nose
(b) his thin legs
(c) his big feet
(d) his pot belly

14. What does El Supremo want the two ships to do after Natividad is captured?
(a) sail to Peru and confer about future maneuvers
(b) sail to Spain to fight a rebellion against Spain
(c) capture treasure ships together and split the treasure
(d) sail as a fleet, capture La Libertad then all Nicaragua

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?

2. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

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

4. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?

5. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?

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