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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are sailors going to do on the Danish ships?
(a) Disarm the incendiary devices.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Cut their moorings loose.
(d) Hide a spy.

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

4. What does Astrid say about Sharpe to others?
(a) He is a distant relative who lives in South America.
(b) He is a distant relative who lives in Italy.
(c) He is a second cousin who lives in the West Indies.
(d) He is a visiting American.

5. Who is Visser?
(a) The Palace's chamberlain.
(b) The Palace's Captain of the Guard.
(c) The woman who worked for the French embassy.
(d) Lavisser's nickname.

6. Who is in a chair on the lawn?
(a) Lavisser.
(b) Barker.
(c) Astrid.
(d) A woman.

7. Who questions Sharpe along with Gordon?
(a) Duke Wellington.
(b) Hooper.
(c) Pumphrey.
(d) Captain Dunnett.

8. Why does Baird and others decide to commend Sharpe on his mission?
(a) To make Lavisser show himself.
(b) They actually decide to write a letter of repirmand.
(c) To convince Sharpe to stay in the Army.
(d) To make Baird look good.

9. Why does Skovaard say the Danes do not move there fleet?
(a) They are planning a move at this time.
(b) This is their land and they will not be intimidated.
(c) It's too close to winter and ice is already forming up North.
(d) There is no safe place to go.

10. What does Sharpe still want to do?
(a) Kill Barker.
(b) Quit the Army.
(c) Talk the British out of bombing.
(d) Kill Bang.

11. What shocks Sharpe about where he and Astrid visit?
(a) At the burn scars on Astrid's aunt's face.
(b) How humane the orphanage is.
(c) At the variety of good available on the market.
(d) At how kind and welcoming her grandmother is.

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

13. Why does Sharpe say the British cannot bomb Copenhagen?
(a) The Crown Prince is still deciding upon a course of action.
(b) Lavisser will then use that to justify not handing over the ships.
(c) It is full of women and children.
(d) The Danish Army is arriving soon and will slaughter the small British force.

14. How long has it been since Sharpe has seen Wellesley?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

15. About what does Barker reassure Lavisser?
(a) That the Crown Prince will be as charmed by Visser as every other man.
(b) That the intruder was probably a common thief.
(c) That Peyman would believe Lavisser over a British soldier.
(d) That he and Lavissier will be far gone before anything happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chase order to accompany Sharpe?

2. What surprises the British sailors on their way to the Danish fleet?

3. What does Sharpe fail to convey to Astrid?

4. What does Astrid ask Sharpe to do after questioning Bang?

5. What do the British do after launching exploding bombs?

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