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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia sight after a few days ?
(a) a Spanish ship flying a flag of truce
(b) an island
(c) prize ships to capture
(d) Natividad once more

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

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

4. Who was Gerard?
(a) the 3rd Lieutenant
(b) the handsome womanizing gunner
(c) the cook
(d) the half wit coxswain

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

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

7. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?
(a) that they spat on him
(b) that they laughed at him and he became their chief source of entertainment
(c) they were going to hang him without his being able to make make peace with God
(d) that they didn't feed him

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

9. What other communique was handed to Hornblower by the Spaniards who boarded Lydia?
(a) a letter with detailed plans on how to recapture Natividad
(b) a letter from Lady Barbara requesting return passage to England.
(c) a dinner invitation to come ashore and dine with Spanish officials
(d) a letter condemning Hornblower for handing Natividad to El Supremo

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. Describe the Viceroy at Panama.
(a) an engaging man, more social than military
(b) a timid man, unready to commit forces to attack the rebellion
(c) a burly man with a commanding presence
(d) a combative man eager to quell the rebellion-

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?

2. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?

3. When Hornblower sights Natividad in the heavy weather, where does he send Wellesley for safety?

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

5. What is the fate of Natividad?

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