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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hocking say Sharpe can do while waiting?
(a) Meet with the most well known madam in London.
(b) Get out of Hocking's neighborhood.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Watch the dog competitions.

2. Whose life did Sharpe save that resulted in the commission?
(a) Sir Arthur Wellesley.
(b) The Duke of Nottingham.
(c) The Earl of Weston.
(d) The Earl of Notthingham.

3. What does Baird do when Sharpe starts to cry?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Gives him a whiskey.
(c) Pats him on the shoulder to console him.
(d) Tells him to stop.

4. What does Baird say that seems to momentarily shock Lavisser?
(a) That Pumphrey may not come on the mission.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That Sharpe is taking Lavisser's place on the mission.
(d) That Sharpe is replacing the deceased Willsen.

5. What does Lavisser say to Willsen?
(a) That Lavisser is actually French.
(b) That Willsen would be an embarrassment in Copenhagen.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That Willsen's father was an embarrassment in Copenhagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willsen surprised to encounter Lavisser?

2. What is Willsen's main concern about where he and Lavisser are going?

3. What happens to Willsen?

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

5. Who brandishes a knife at Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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