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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Hocking before Sharpe kills the man?
(a) His mother's name.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His real name.
(d) His mission in the slums.

2. 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) Nothing.
(d) The guards search Bang carefully but not Sharpe.

3. What does Baird advise Sharpe to do on his next assignment?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Take insect netting.
(c) Wear civilian clothes.
(d) Watch for a traitor.

4. What does Sharpe hear coming from the house?
(a) Some people yelling at each other.
(b) A scream.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A gunshot.

5. Who is one of the men who appears to be sneaking into Skovaard's home?
(a) Barker.
(b) Lavisser.
(c) Bang.
(d) Henrikssen.

6. What does Baird want Sharpe to do?
(a) Go to India on an espionage mission.
(b) Go to Copenhagen with a British agent and protect the agent.
(c) Spy on another captain suspected of treason.
(d) Take two weeks leave and think over his desire to leave the army.

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

8. What is Sharpe having trouble doing?
(a) Convincing Skovaard of his good will.
(b) Finding a way out of where he is confined.
(c) Convincing Astrid that Lavisser is a traitor.
(d) Convincing the Crown Prince that Lavisser is working for the French.

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

10. What happens on Friday night in the slums where Sharpe is?
(a) Tenants bring their rent to Hocking.
(b) The King's men round up several criminals to make it look like they are cleaning up the area.
(c) Most men get drunk.
(d) The street cleaners go through the area very quickly but not thoroughly.

11. Where is Astrid?
(a) No one seems to know.
(b) In the room with the servants.
(c) At her father's warehouse.
(d) In her father's study.

12. What does Skovaard read to Sharpe?
(a) A letter from a French agent that is addressed to Lavisser.
(b) A newspaper article about Lavisser.
(c) An announcement that Lavisser has been arrested.
(d) A letter from the Crown Prince to Lavisser.

13. What does Sharpe do with the soldier's horse after killing the soldier?
(a) Rides around in an erratic circling route.
(b) Rides it into Copenhagen.
(c) Takes it upstream several miles and lets it loose.
(d) Kills it.

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

15. What is approaching the Danish shore?
(a) American ships.
(b) British ships.
(c) Russian ships.
(d) French ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe throw off Hocking's bodyguards in the hallway?

2. Why does Willsen teach?

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

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

5. How are the residents of Copenhagen towards Sharpe?

(see the answer keys)

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