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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. How does Chase say Panjit and Nana took their defeat?
(a) Like rogues.
(b) Like cowards.
(c) Like women.
(d) Like gentlemen.

2. What does Panjit ask Sharpe to do before he is willing to talk business?
(a) Apologize for intruding.
(b) Allow his men to search him.
(c) Let go of Nano's hair.
(d) Put away his weapon.

3. Who does Cromwell say the French don't make war on?
(a) Private individuals.
(b) Honest sailors.
(c) Americans.
(d) The upper-classes.

4. What does Cromwell's cabin smell of?
(a) Dirty clothes.
(b) Sea water.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Fish.

5. Why doesn't Tufnell think Cromwell couldn't have sold the ship to the French?
(a) He is the most honorable man he has ever met.
(b) He has no need for money.
(c) He is proud of being English.
(d) He is proud of being a sea captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following had Sharpe refused to purchase from Nana Rao?

2. How is Lady Grace related to Arthur Wellesley?

3. What made Sharpe's scar?

4. What does one of the seamen claim to have seen at dawn?

5. Whose life did Sharpe save in Assaye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Braithwaite so bitter about life?

2. Who is Anthony Pohlman?

3. How does Sharpe persuade Braithwaite to keep quiet about his affair with Lady Grace?

4. How does the author describe Bursay?

5. How does Sharpe save Captain Chase and his men?

6. How does Sharpe help prepare for battle with the Revenant?

7. How did Sharpe pay for his voyage back to England?

8. Why is Lady Grace so furious with Lord William in this section?

9. What is Sharpe talking to Nana Rao about at the beginning of this section?

10. What are Braithwaite's reasons for blackmailing Sharpe?

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