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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Sharpe say he is seeking?
(a) His former girlfriend.
(b) The Drummer boys.
(c) The crime head of this section of the slums.
(d) His father.

6. What do Lavisser and a woman do as Sharpe comes into the room where they are torturing Skovaard?
(a) Yell for more of their guards.
(b) Jump out the window.
(c) Charge Sharpe.
(d) Take Astrid as hostage.

7. Why does Sharpe stay in the wagon as it starts moving?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He can hear the cavalry questioning the driver.
(c) It is headed towards Copenhagen.
(d) He is too tired to move.

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

9. What does Sharpe discover when he comes out of hiding?
(a) The cavalry left one man behind.
(b) Lavisser is waiting for Sharpe.
(c) There is a draft horse tied to a tree near the water.
(d) Lavisser is badly wounded on the beach.

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

11. Why does Willsen know the name of the young Captain who speaks to him, though they haven't met?
(a) The man is speaking Danish.
(b) The man is speaking Spanish.
(c) The man is speaking Italian.
(d) The man is speaking Russian.

12. What does Sharpe have to do before dressing?
(a) Find his other clothing.
(b) Steal some clothing.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Wash.

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

14. Why does Lavisser suggest taking the service entrance?
(a) So they can find the ostler.
(b) In case any French agents are watching.
(c) So they can leave their gear to be cleaned.
(d) To shorten their path to the rear gardens.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lavisser say that surprises Sharpe?

2. Where does Lavisser enter the carriage in which Sharpe and Baird are riding?

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

4. Why is Baird in a foul mood the next morning?

5. What does Sharpe buy from a sailor on the ship?

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