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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chase offer to teach Sharpe to play?

2. What does Clouter call his weapon?

3. What famous person do Sharpe and Chase have dinner with in this section?

4. What kind of people are the only people Armstrong likes?

5. Who does Chase toss the orange to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chase persuade Collier to go into hiding during battle?

2. How do the sailors cope with having to wait to go into battle?

3. What view does Nelson offer on battle tactics?

4. What does Lord William say tell Lady Grace about Braithwaite at the end of the section?

5. How does Clouter save Sharpe's life in this section?

6. What are Lady Grace's thoughts on Braithwaite's death?

7. How does Sharpe kill Valliard?

8. Retell the story Chase tells Sharpe and Nelson and Tom Hardy.

9. What does Lord William tell Grace he thinks of her and women in general?

10. What does Braithwaite say to Sharpe in a effect to call a truce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1800s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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