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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lord William call a whelp?
(a) Cromwell.
(b) Braithwaite.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) His son.

2. Who helps Sharpe pull Lord William onto the deck?
(a) Clouter.
(b) Peel.
(c) Lady Grace.
(d) Captain Chase.

3. What famous person dies in this section?
(a) Wellesley.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Chase.
(d) Pitt.

4. Who does Sharpe say had a bad habit of choosing the wrong side?
(a) Pohlmann.
(b) Lord William.
(c) Valliard.
(d) Cromwell.

5. How does Sharpe kill Braithwaite?
(a) He drowns him.
(b) He pulls out his tongue.
(c) He breaks his neck.
(d) He stabs him.

6. How does Lady Grace want to help during the battle?
(a) By acting as the doctor's assistant.
(b) By loading guns.
(c) By giving out water.
(d) By shooting a cannon.

7. Why does the author say the British fire faster than the French?
(a) They own smaller guns.
(b) They own better equipment.
(c) They have their own loading men.
(d) They are better trained.

8. Which character in this section is described as having a fragile air?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Chase.
(c) Collier.
(d) Lord William.

9. What does Lord William read while the fighting takes place above him?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Paradise Lost.
(d) Dante's Inferno.

10. Who calls the Baron a Buffoon?
(a) Lady Grace.
(b) Fairley.
(c) Lord William.
(d) Sharpe.

11. How does the Pucelle drag the ship through water when the wind drops?
(a) Creating their own wind.
(b) Uses rowing boats to tow it.
(c) Turning on the motor.
(d) Uses dolphins to tow it.

12. What does Lord William ask Lady Grace to read?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Sharpe's letter.
(c) Brathwaite's letter.
(d) His report.

13. What does Sharpe ask Simmons to fetch?
(a) Gun powder.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Cannon balls.

14. Whose luggage does Braithwaite go through?
(a) Chase's.
(b) Lady Grace's.
(c) Lord William's.
(d) Sharpe's.

15. What is the name of the ship that saves Sharpe and the others?
(a) Pucelle.
(b) Napolean.
(c) Chapeau Rouge.
(d) Joan of Arc.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe disguise that Braithwaite has been murdered?

2. What kind of gun does Armstrong use?

3. Which member of the crew has broken his leg?

4. What does Sharpe throw at Braithwaite before he kills him?

5. Why does Sharpe say the Maharattas don't take well to discipline?

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