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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 Jens to do with what he gave him?
(a) Take it to the Crown Prince.
(b) Take it to Skovaard.
(c) Take it to Lavisser.
(d) To keep it for protection.

2. What surprises the British sailors on their way to the Danish fleet?
(a) The friendliness of the Danes.
(b) The normal activities taking place at the piers.
(c) The lack of sentries.
(d) The quietness of the city.

3. To whom does Sharpe introduce himself?
(a) Astrid's old nanny.
(b) The woman he shot.
(c) The Crown Prince.
(d) Lavisser's mother.

4. What strategy does Castenschiold finally decide to take?
(a) Defend rather than attack.
(b) Attack rather than defend.
(c) Defend with half his troops and attack with the other half.
(d) Retreat until the negotiations are successful.

5. For how long does Peyman have to defend Copenhagen?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A few days.

6. Under what condition would Astrid be in danger?
(a) If she knows what her father knows.
(b) If she has ever made an intelligence run.
(c) If Lavisser wants revenge.
(d) None.

7. What does Sharpe say that Gordon can order Sharpe to do?
(a) Resign his commission.
(b) Kill Lavisser.
(c) Return to England.
(d) Not speak openly about Sharpe's mission.

8. What had Chase's crew made for Sharpe?
(a) A new sword.
(b) A flag.
(c) A baby's crib.
(d) An ensign.

9. Who is in charge of the British troops according to a discussion between General Castenschiold and an aide?
(a) Wellesley.
(b) Baird.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Gordon.

10. Where do Sharpe and Astrid take her father?
(a) To a British medic.
(b) To the orphanage.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To his home.

11. What does Bang tell Sharpe about staying in the city?
(a) The Danes will expect him to stay away from the fighting.
(b) Sharpe will be arrested.
(c) It will soon be seige conditions.
(d) Sharpe will be asked to fight for the Danes.

12. Where does Sharpe wait to enter the city?
(a) A hay wagon.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A bomb ship.
(d) The sewers.

13. What does Gordon tell Sharpe is crucial for Sharpe to do?
(a) Get the gold back.
(b) No speak of recent events to others.
(c) Kill Barker.
(d) Find Lavisser and bring him back to the British.

14. What is one thing Hopper provides Sharpe?
(a) A can of explosives.
(b) A letter for Lavisser.
(c) A seven-barreled gun.
(d) A letter for Barker.

15. Who has been tortured?
(a) Visser.
(b) No one.
(c) Skovaard.
(d) Barker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Lavisser?

2. What does Sharpe still want to do?

3. What does Visser believe about Sharpe?

4. What shocks Sharpe about where he and Astrid visit?

5. What is the crew of the bomb ship doing when Sharpe awakens?

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