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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lavisser say to Willsen?
(a) That Willsen's father was an embarrassment in Copenhagen.
(b) That Willsen would be an embarrassment in Copenhagen.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That Lavisser is actually French.

3. What do the Danish soldiers in a castle prepare?
(a) Explosive bombs.
(b) A receiving pavilion.
(c) Hot oil.
(d) Heat shot.

4. What does Baird ask about Wellesley?
(a) How he died in India.
(b) Why he wrote such a glowing report of a sniveling idiot like Sharpe.
(c) Why he promoted Sharpe.
(d) How he lead his men at Gwghar, India.

5. What does Baird do when Sharpe starts to cry?
(a) Gives him a whiskey.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Tells him to stop.
(d) Pats him on the shoulder to console him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Willsen and Lavisser going together in several days?

2. What does Sharpe ask his childhood friend?

3. What does Barker say when Sharpe asks him for the key to the chest?

4. When does Baird want Sharpe to do what he has asked?

5. What happens to Willsen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the initial communication between Captain Willsen and John Lavisser.

2. How does Sharpe escape confinement and what frightens him about his escape means?

3. Where does Sharpe find Astrid and what does he do?

4. What does Captain Dunnett announce to his troops concerning stealing from the Danes. and who appears to have already done so?

5. Describe Sharpe's encounter with Hocking when Hocking brings Sharpe a young girl.

6. Why are Astrid and her father shocked at Sharpe's appearance?

7. Describe Sharpe and Baird's initial conversation.

8. Describe the encounter between Sharpe and Barker.

9. How is Sharpe tricked and what does he do?

10. What is the reason for the mission to Copenhagen?

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