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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 does Chase ask Collier to do in the hold?
(a) Sing battle songs.
(b) Watch a clock.
(c) Pray.
(d) Load guns.

2. How does Sharpe disguise that Braithwaite has been murdered?
(a) He throws him into the sea.
(b) He makes it look like he fell from his ladder.
(c) He hides his body in a suitcase.
(d) He makes it look like he died from too much drink.

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

4. What does Sharpe say Lord William's nose looks like?
(a) A hawk's beak.
(b) A ski slope.
(c) A pelican's beak.
(d) A brass button.

5. Who did Bursay tell Grace he hated?
(a) Nobles.
(b) The English.
(c) Aristos.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sir Arthur's horse?

2. What does Lord William hope his position will be in five years time?

3. What does Peel say causes a lull in the wind?

4. Which of the following does Sharpe say one needs for close fighting?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does lady Grace say her life would be like if Sharpe killed Lord William?

2. What does Lord William think of Braithwaite's letter?

3. What does Braithwaite say to Sharpe in a effect to call a truce?

4. What does Lord William say tell Lady Grace about Braithwaite at the end of the section?

5. Summarize the novel.

6. How does Sharpe get Braithwaite alone?

7. What are Lord William's thoughts on Braithwaite's death?

8. How do the sailors cope with having to wait to go into battle?

9. What makes Clouter such a good fighter?

10. Why does Sharpe decide to give into Armstrong's leadership?

(see the answer keys)

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