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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sharpe throw off Hocking's bodyguards in the hallway?
(a) By releasing a badger in the hall.
(b) By shooting the lights out.
(c) By throwing a lit piece of dynamite in the hall.
(d) By yelling and pretending to be Hocking.

2. Who is Jem Hocking?
(a) A ship captain from Denmark.
(b) A high-ranking crime boss.
(c) The master of the workhouse.
(d) A ship captain from Germany.

3. What happens to Willsen?
(a) He is beaten in cricket.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is attacked from behind.
(d) He is knocked unconscious.

4. Who is chasing Sharpe after he kills Hocking and one of the bodyguards?
(a) No one.
(b) One bodyguard.
(c) The town guard.
(d) A number of men.

5. What does Baird ask about Wellesley?
(a) How he lead his men at Gwghar, India.
(b) How he died in India.
(c) Why he promoted Sharpe.
(d) Why he wrote such a glowing report of a sniveling idiot like Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British fear about what may happen in Denmark?

2. What ship will the men take?

3. What does Baird want Sharpe to do?

4. What does Sharpe first demand of Hocking before slashing his face?

5. What does Baird do when Sharpe starts to cry?

(see the answer key)

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