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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until Lydia had made harbor what was the favorite dish in the midshipman's berth?
(a) canned goods
(b) stale bread
(c) rats
(d) fish

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

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

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

12. Hornblower had been how many years at sea?
(a) 25
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 17

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

14. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?
(a) across the Isthmus of Darien
(b) in Ecuador
(c) in the whole west coast of South America
(d) in Peru

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?

2. Who is Brown?

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

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

5. What does El Supremo want the two ships to do after Natividad is captured?

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