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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?
(a) Margaret, her sister
(b) Herbert, her native servant
(c) Hebe, her lascivious handmaid
(d) Carmen, her South American girlfriend

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

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

4. What does Captain Hornblower do on the same day Lady Barbara invited him to breakfast?
(a) He writes a long thank-you letter to Lady Barbara
(b) He invites Lady Barbara and some officers to dinner and cards
(c) He goes to bed early , exhausted by his encounter with Lady Barbara
(d) He takes a small boat to shore to investigate the terrain

5. What did the letter the Spaniard handed Hornblower contain?
(a) a formal prohibition for the Lydia to drop anchor in any port in Spanish America
(b) an invitation to a celebratory dinner ashore
(c) an invitation to drop anchor in Panama for repairs
(d) a congratualtion on Hornblower's success in sinking Natividad

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?

2. What was the chief fear Hornblower had going into battle?

3. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After having left Natividad in the hands of El Supremo's crew and proceeding toward the pearl islands what surprise was in store for Hornblower?

2. What is Hornblower supposed to do before dealing with Natividad?

3. What is Lady Barbara wearing when she boards Lydia?

4. After a fierce sea battle , both ships severely damaged, what does Hornblower do?

5. Describe what Lady Barbara does in the cockpit.

6. Upon sighting Natividad, both ships shortening sail due to foul weather, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly when the two shipd are on a collision course?

7. Why does Hornblower allow Lady Barbara to seek passage on Lydia, though he dislikes her and feels Lydia is no place for a woman?

8. Describe the condition of the crew of Lydia after the sea battle with Natividad?

9. After being refused safe harbor at Panama, what does Hornblower do?

10. Who accompanies Lady Barbara?

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