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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is captured by Lydia
(d) she returns to El Supremo

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

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) the men were tired of manning the pumps
(b) clear white water gushed from the pumps
(c) there was water on deck
(d) the ship sat lower in the water

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

5. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?
(a) the crew had to be well-fed
(b) the depth of the water had to be tested
(c) Lydia must be lightened
(d) different crewmen had to be assigned to the various repair jobs

6. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?
(a) Spain is now England's ally
(b) Hornblower is under arrest for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(c) Hornblower and his crew are invited to a dinner on shore
(d) Hornblower is ordered to return to England

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

8. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?
(a) to desist in helping El Supremo and to suppress rebellion
(b) to accompany them to Panama for further orders
(c) to enjoy his quest for prize ships
(d) to return to England at the first opportunity

9. Where has Lady Barbara been moved to?
(a) Hornblower's cabin again
(b) Bush's cabin
(c) the orlop deck
(d) Gerard's cabin

10. What was the chief fear Hornblower had going into battle?
(a) never being able to return home
(b) mutilation
(c) dying
(d) losing the respect of his officers

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

12. What is the cockpit?
(a) the area where the coxswain resides
(b) the area where the pumps are located
(c) the surgeon's area
(d) the cook's area

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

14. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?
(a) she waits for the wind to rise
(b) two of her boats tow her
(c) she wets her sails
(d) she waits for Natividad to approach her

15. Where did Hornblower take Lydia to be repaired?
(a) a hidden cove of Panama
(b) the isle of Coiba
(c) the isle of Rosita
(d) the isle of Canabra

Short Answer Questions

1. What did C.S. Forester compare the crew to now that they knew they were homeward bound?

2. Why was time of utmost importance in repairing Lydia to sail home?

3. How is Lydia damaged during the fierce sea battle with Natividad?

4. Who is the captain of Natividad?

5. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?

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