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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Peyman ask Lavisser to translate?
(a) A plea from the King of England.
(b) A letter about the Danes moving their fleet to British ports.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A letter from Visser to Sharpe.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Lavisser hope the reduced number of bombs falling means?
(a) That the British have decided upon a less destrutive means of persuasion.
(b) That the British have given up.
(c) The British are running out of ammo.
(d) The Crown Prince has conceded to the British demands.

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

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

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

11. Where is the rest of the Danish army?
(a) On the northeastern border.
(b) On the Russian border.
(c) They have to be called up.
(d) In Southern Denmark.

12. What does the Crown Prince say that Denmark will not do willingly?
(a) Join the British.
(b) Remain neutral.
(c) Give up her fleet.
(d) Join the French.

13. As Sharpe joins the attacking British, what does he realize?
(a) He knows a way to stop the fighting.
(b) He is near Lavisser's family home.
(c) Captain Dunnett is a double agent.
(d) He is near where Astrid is staying.

14. With what is Skovaard getting annoyed?
(a) Sharpe's insistence that they are in danger.
(b) The behavior of the Crown Prince.
(c) Sharpe's insistence that Lavisser is a French agent.
(d) Sharpe's accompanying them.

15. What has the initials MLV on it?
(a) A sword shealth.
(b) A case.
(c) A door knocker.
(d) A locket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bang tell Sharpe about staying in the city?

2. Where is Sharpe headed at the opening to Chapter 8?

3. For how long does Peyman have to defend Copenhagen?

4. Who is sarcastic and rude to Sharpe?

5. With what is Wellesley captivated?

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