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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Baird in a foul mood the next morning?
(a) His wife was mad at him.
(b) Hangover.
(c) The King wants Baird's army to return to India in two weeks.
(d) The Duke of Wellington upbraids him for a protocol error.

2. What is the Danish Crown Prince preparing to do?
(a) Leave the city.
(b) Arrest Lavisser.
(c) Negotiate with the English.
(d) Arrest Skovaard.

3. What do the British fear about what may happen in Denmark?
(a) The Danes may start privateering for the French.
(b) The French may start recruiting Danes.
(c) The French may try to seize the Danish naval fleet.
(d) The Danes may fall to Napoleon's forces.

4. Who does Sharpe speak to at Skovaard's warehouse?
(a) Bang.
(b) An English naval officer.
(c) Lavisser.
(d) Barker.

5. With what is Skovaard getting annoyed?
(a) Sharpe's insistence that they are in danger.
(b) The behavior of the Crown Prince.
(c) Sharpe's accompanying them.
(d) Sharpe's insistence that Lavisser is a French agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chase not going on the mission?

2. What has Baird heard about Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe not mention as one of his future career choices if he leaves the army?

4. What does Sharpe tell the person to whom he speaks?

5. What does Baird say that seems to momentarily shock Lavisser?

(see the answer key)

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