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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nana Rao using to count the rupees?
(a) His fingers.
(b) Sand.
(c) An abacus.
(d) A calculator.

2. Where Sharpe spent most of his time while in India?
(a) Hospital.
(b) The beach.
(c) The library.
(d) Army barracks.

3. What does the steward say would drown on deck?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A rat.
(d) A whale.

4. Why does Lord William say people go to war?
(a) To keep the status quo entertained.
(b) To make the powerful more powerful.
(c) To spread one's influence.
(d) Small-minded men see no alternative.

5. What does Dalton say is the only thing that matters to Americans?
(a) Power.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Profit.
(d) Freedom.

6. What does Cromwell's wine taste like?
(a) Mud.
(b) Urine.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Vomit.

7. What does Bursay use to strike Sharpe across the head?
(a) A plank.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A psitol.
(d) A cutlass.

8. In which part of Bombay sit the wealthy houses?
(a) The Malabar hills.
(b) Maharashtra.
(c) Thane.
(d) Walkeshwar.

9. What is the American ship carrying to Mauritius?
(a) Clothes and tea.
(b) Drugs and alcohol.
(c) Goats and chickens.
(d) Powder and shot.

10. What happens to people in India who don't find wealth?
(a) They die.
(b) They become homeless.
(c) They are enslaved.
(d) They are imprisoned.

11. What kind of tree do the lanterns in the yard hang from?
(a) An apple tree.
(b) A coconut tree.
(c) A banana tree.
(d) A pear tree.

12. What does Lord William say officers should be?
(a) Gentlemen.
(b) Artists.
(c) Humorists.
(d) Professionals.

13. What kind of knife does Sharpe usually eat with?
(a) A pocket knife.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A carving knife.
(d) A fishing knife.

14. What does Cromwell say is Britain's natural posture?
(a) To look down upon the rest of Europe.
(b) To rule the world.
(c) To stand as a small, insignificant island.
(d) To act as a peacemaker.

15. Who kills their victims by wringing their necks like chickens?
(a) Phoneys.
(b) Jettis.
(c) Cobblers.
(d) Coneys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baron Von Dornberg's real name?

2. What does Sharpe say he was learning while Braithwaite was at Oxford?

3. What does Sharpe think Grace is born to when she laughs?

4. What book does Dalton lend Sharpe in this section?

5. Who is Sharpe pursued by in his dream?

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