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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 was Howell?
(a) the ship's carpenter
(b) Hornblower's steward
(c) the surgeon
(d) one of the warrant officers
2. How long ago had Hornblower filled his storerooms and water barrels?
(a) seven weeks ago
(b) a month ago
(c) a fortnight ago
(d) six weeks ago
3. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?
(a) an orderly hospital room
(b) his sickroom as a child
(c) the inside of a dark cave
(d) some canto in the Inferno
4. What is the cockpit?
(a) the area where the coxswain resides
(b) the cook's area
(c) the surgeon's area
(d) the area where the pumps are located
5. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 25
(d) 24
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Captain Hornblower do on the same day Lady Barbara invited him to breakfast?
2. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?
3. What features of the landscape do they always see when sailing along the coast?
4. When Galbraith was dying, who did he think Lady Barbara was?
5. Bush looked forward to what promotion because of his admirable actions on board Lydia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Hornblower's reaction at seeing El Supremo in chains on the Spanish lugger?
2. 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?
3. What does El Supremo hope to do with Natividad?
4. Why does Hornblower allow Lady Barbara to seek passage on Lydia, though he dislikes her and feels Lydia is no place for a woman?
5. What is Hornblower instructed to do by the Spanish officers who boarded Lydia?
6. After a fierce sea battle , both ships severely damaged, what does Hornblower do?
7. How do you suppose Lydia wins the battle against Natividad , which is a much larger ship with more guns?
8. What did Hornblower have to confess to the Spaniards?
9. What is Lady Barbara wearing when she boards Lydia?
10. What is Hornblower supposed to do before dealing with Natividad?
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