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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. What is the crew of the bomb ship doing when Sharpe awakens?
(a) Sharpe does not know since he did not visit the ship.
(b) Preparing for bombardment.
(c) Getting ready to set sail for England.
(d) Just maintaining regular watch schedule.

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

3. Where does Sharpe accompany Astrid?
(a) To her grandmother's home.
(b) To her aunt's home.
(c) To an orphanage.
(d) To market.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one thing Hopper provides Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe say about Skovaard?

4. What does Lavisser hope the reduced number of bombs falling means?

5. What does Astrid say about Sharpe to others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hopper give Sharpe when Sharpe first arrives on his ship, and what do Hopper and Chase say to Sharpe about Grace?

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

3. What does the leter to General Payman from the British say and what is Peyman's response?

4. Why do Gordon, Pumphrey and Baird decide to write a commendation for Sharpe?

5. Describe Sharpe's converstion with Madam Visser.

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

7. How does Sharpe prove Visser's involvement with the French?

8. What transpires at the meeting Peyman has with his aides?

9. Where does Sharpe go with Astrid and how does it affect him?

10. What does Sharpe give Jems and tell him to do?

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