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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hornblower order done when the crew became depressed and discouraged?
(a) ordered them to pray
(b) ordered them to sing sea shanties
(c) ordered the red-haired Sullivan to play the fiddle and the men to dance
(d) ordered them to take a meal

2. How many casualties did Lydia suffer in the battle with Natividad?
(a) 45 seamen
(b) more than one third of her crew
(c) approximately one half of her crew
(d) approximately one-quarter of her crew

3. What was the indication that Lydia could only just hold in check the water coming aboard through the holes shot in her hull?
(a) clear white water gushed from the pumps
(b) there was water on deck
(c) the men were tired of manning the pumps
(d) the ship sat lower in the water

4. What difficulty does Hornblower encounter after his visit with the Viceroy and his return to Lydia?
(a) The anchor is heavily fouled.
(b) He finds out Hebe, Lady Barbara's maid, is a prostitute
(c) His men became drunk during his absence
(d) Lady Barbara hung her underwear on deck to dry

5. What did Hornblower tell the Spanish officer who boarded Lydia when Lydia was headed for Panama?
(a) that he was returning to England
(b) that he had lost one-third of his crew
(c) that he had sunk Natividad
(d) that he was headed for the Pearl Islands

6. Who is the captain of Natividad?
(a) Crespo
(b) Cortez
(c) El Supremo
(d) Manuel Hernandez

7. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 24
(d) 25

8. What operation do Hornblower, Laurie and Lady Barbara have to perform on Williams?
(a) amputate his leg
(b) remove a splinter from his arm
(c) amputate his arm
(d) remove a splinter from his chest

9. What is Hornblower's destination after leaving El Supremo and his rag tag army in Nicaragua?
(a) the pearl centers of Central America
(b) Cape Horn
(c) England
(d) Ecuador

10. How is Lydia damaged during the fierce sea battle with Natividad?
(a) the steering wheel is blown away by a cannon
(b) Her mizzenmast is gone taking the top gallant mast with it while she drags wreckage alongside
(c) Lydia is totally dismasted, unable to be repaired
(d) Her foremast is dismasted and her carronades are damaged

11. Where could Hornblower replenish his supplies on the voyage home to England?
(a) St. Helena, Sierra Leone, or Gibraltar
(b) Panama, Peru, Nicaragua
(c) Peru, Argentina, Chile
(d) Cape Horn, Chile, the Falkand Islands

12. What did Lady Barbara say they needed in the cockpit?
(a) fresh air
(b) prayer
(c) warm food for the wounded
(d) sterilized surgical instruments

13. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?
(a) that he has gained a single military victory in the war
(b) that he has come down with yellow fever
(c) that he has married back in England
(d) that he was captured by the French

14. Who was Howell?
(a) the surgeon
(b) one of the warrant officers
(c) Hornblower's steward
(d) the ship's carpenter

15. Why was it so hot in the little bay where Lydia dropped anchor?
(a) it was the summer season
(b) it was the bay of a tropical island
(c) the lofty mountains all about cut off the wind
(d) it wasn't that hot , the crew was just used to being at sea

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lady Barbara.

2. Although Hornblower is reluctant to take Lady Barbara aboard Lydia, and instantly dislikes her, why does he agree to let her seek passage home aboard his ship?

3. What does Hornblower order the surgeon to give to the wounded men?

4. What features of the landscape do they always see when sailing along the coast?

5. Who was Gerard?

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