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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen if Sharpe does not solve his problem?
(a) He will be upset that Astrid does not trust him.
(b) He will be sent back to England without accomplishing his mission.
(c) Lavisser will kill him.
(d) He will be thrown in the royal dungeons.

2. Where does Lavisser invite Willsen?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To the docks to see his new cutter.
(c) To the opera.
(d) To a play.

3. What does Baird say will ensure Sharpe of advancement?
(a) Accepting a position back in India.
(b) Success on a mission Baird intends to send him on.
(c) Sticking out his job in the quartermaster corps.
(d) Helping Wellesley again in Tunisia.

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

5. What does Sharpe ask his childhood friend?
(a) If Sharpe's brother still lives around there.
(b) If Sharpe's mother is still alive.
(c) If the man's sister is still around.
(d) If he minds that there will be trouble later.

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

7. What does Lavisser say that surprises Sharpe?
(a) That Sharpe is no gentleman.
(b) A statement about gold.
(c) That Sharpe will be lost in Denmark.
(d) That Lavisser doesn't want a thug coming along.

8. What do Willsen and Lavisser have in common?
(a) They are both third sons.
(b) They are both part Dane.
(c) They are both part Russian.
(d) They are both from the nobility.

9. What does Sharpe tell Astrid when he overpowers a guard?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To climb out the window and get away.
(c) Not to watch as he kills the man.
(d) Her father betrayed Sharpe.

10. What ship will the men take?
(a) The Cleopatra.
(b) The HMS Surprise.
(c) The Essex.
(d) The HMS Sprite.

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

12. What does Sharpe do as he is fleeing the scene of the murder he committed?
(a) Throws lit pieces of firewood at the wood buildings.
(b) Shoots into the air.
(c) Checks to see that he is not being followed.
(d) Yells for the town guard.

13. What happens when Sharpe and Bang pass through the city gates?
(a) They are detained for several hours.
(b) The guards search Sharpe carefully but not Bang.
(c) The guards search Bang carefully but not Sharpe.
(d) Nothing.

14. What does Sharpe do as he is hiding after escaping Skovaard's home?
(a) Write a letter in code to Baird.
(b) Cut some stakes for weapons.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Plan.

15. What happened to Grace?
(a) She is living with Sharpe's mother.
(b) She is killed by one of Sharpe's longtime enemies.
(c) She left Sharpe for another man.
(d) She dies in childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do after throwing the sand?

2. How does Sharpe get the chimney soot off him?

3. What do the ships do as they approach the fort?

4. Where does Sharpe find his pack and coat?

5. Why does Willsen know the name of the young Captain who speaks to him, though they haven't met?

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