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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?
(a) some canto in the Inferno
(b) an orderly hospital room
(c) his sickroom as a child
(d) the inside of a dark cave

2. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?
(a) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a coxswain is.
(b) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a foremast is.
(c) Lady Barbara refers to the deck of her cabin as the "floor".
(d) Lady Barbara doesn't know what "Beat to Quarters" means

3. Who died after having both legs smashed below the knees?
(a) Howell
(b) Sullivan
(c) Galbraith
(d) Gerard

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

5. 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?
(a) He has pity on her because of the plague in Panama
(b) He fears insulting a British aristocrat would end his career
(c) He thinks the ship needs a woman's touch
(d) He is attracted to her physically though he dislikes her

6. Describe Lady Barbara.
(a) She is short, dark-haired , plump and fair with pink cheeks
(b) She is a red-head with a fiery temper
(c) She is a delicate blond, not wanting to get her hands dirty or soil her clothes
(d) She is 27, tanned and from an influential English family

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

8. What was the reaction of the Spanish officer who came aboard the Lydia?
(a) anger and impatience
(b) fear and cowardice
(c) curiosity and admiration
(d) pride and intolerance

9. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?
(a) amputation
(b) gangrene
(c) tentanus
(d) typhoid fever

10. How is Bush injured during the battle with Natividad?
(a) his forehead is cut by a falling block
(b) one of his arms is blown off
(c) both his legs are smashed below the knees
(d) his eye is put out by a flying splinter

11. What is secured on the deck of Lydia after the sea battle with Natividad?
(a) the mizzenmast
(b) the foremast
(c) the ship's wheel
(d) a loose cannon

12. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?
(a) in Captain Hornblower's cabin
(b) in surgeon, Laurie's cabin
(c) in Polwheal, Hornblower's steward's cabin
(d) In 1st Lieutenant Bush's cabin

13. What was irksome to the Spanish officer after he had denied Lydia's dropping anchor on the Spanish Main?
(a) Hornblower's downcast countenance
(b) Hornblower's nasty words
(c) Hornblower's friendly, cavalier dismissal
(d) Hornblower's putting down Spanish America

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

15. What is the fate of Natividad?
(a) she goes up in flames, the sea swallowing her up
(b) she escapes into the night
(c) she returns to El Supremo
(d) she is captured by Lydia

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

2. What habit had Lady Barbara acquired in her forced loneliness?

3. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?

4. Where has Lady Barbara been moved to?

5. What was the indication that Lydia could only just hold in check the water coming aboard through the holes shot in her hull?

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