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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is Wellesley captivated?
(a) The sight of the gold.
(b) The stallion in the stables.
(c) Madame Visser's beauty.
(d) The mare in the stables.

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

3. What happens to Jens on the way to do what Sharpe asked of him?
(a) He is captured and taken to the Danish rebel forces.
(b) He decides to just go back to his ship.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is wounded.

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

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

6. How many guineas does Visser think England sent with Lavisser?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 10,000.

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

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

9. What troops are mostly civilians called up into the local militia?
(a) Those under Wellesley.
(b) Those under Castenschiold.
(c) None of the troops are mostly civilian.
(d) Those under Baird.

10. What is the Danish Crown Prince preparing to do?
(a) Negotiate with the English.
(b) Arrest Lavisser.
(c) Leave the city.
(d) Arrest Skovaard.

11. What does Baird have Captain Gordon debrief Sharpe?
(a) Baird is in planning an assault.
(b) Baird does not want to be associated with a failed mission.
(c) Baird is badly wounded.
(d) Sharpe asks to report to Captain Gordon because he is angry with Baird.

12. How man guineas did England actually send with Lavisser?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 42,000.
(d) 22,000.

13. Of what does Payman convince the Crown Prince?
(a) To leave Skovaard alone.
(b) To refuse to negotiate with the British.
(c) To arrest adn interrogate him.
(d) To offer him a position in intelligence.

14. What is Sharpe assigned to do?
(a) Deal with Skovaard.
(b) Deal with Barker.
(c) Deal with Pumphrey.
(d) Deal with Lavisser.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe accompany Astrid?

2. How much will Visser's silence cost Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe still want to do?

4. What job does Sharpe want out of?

5. How long has it been since Sharpe has seen Wellesley?

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