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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. Who is sarcastic and rude to Sharpe?
(a) General Baird.
(b) Captain Dunnett.
(c) General Wellesley.
(d) Captain Gordon.

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

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

4. Why is Chase not going on the mission?
(a) He is the only one who knows the codes of retrieval.
(b) The admiral says he is too valuable to risk losing.
(c) He has to be able to speak to the Danish spies.
(d) He has a peg leg can cannot move fast enough.

5. What does Sharpe tells his men to do?
(a) Stay with Astrid.
(b) Go report to Wellesley.
(c) Kill anyone in Lavisser's house.
(d) Return to the British front line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Astrid say about Sharpe to others?

2. Under what condition would Astrid be in danger?

3. Why does Skovaard say the Danes do not move there fleet?

4. Who is the first person Sharpe finds in Lavisser's house?

5. What does Sharpe ask the person to whom he introduces himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sharpe's encounter with Captain Dunnett at Lavisser's house and Captain Murray's response.

2. What does Lavisser say about Skovaard and who defends the man?

3. Why does Sharpe finally leave Skovaard's home?

4. Who takes a liking to Sharpe among the Danish citizens and how does Sharpe save the man's life?

5. What is the conversation between Lavisser and Barker about the damage to Lavisser's house?

6. Describe Sharpe's converstion with Madam Visser.

7. How does Sharpe shock Wellsley when he arrives at Lavisser's family home?

8. How is Skovaard when Sharpe rescues him and where does Sharpe take him?

9. What do General Payman, Lavisser adn the Danish Crown Prince discuss?

10. What is said about General Castenschiold's Danish militia?

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