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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe think Britain should pay for his voyage back to India?

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

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

4. Why does Cromwell say his parents sent him to the sea?

5. What has made holes in the ship's cheese?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe think Cromwell and Pohlmann have been planning?

2. Why does Sharpe decide to tell Lady Grace the secret about Pohlmann?

3. What do the other people aboard the ship think of Sharpe's affair with Lady Grace?

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

5. What is Sharpe's opinion of England?

6. What does Sharpe tell Chase about Pohlmann?

7. What is Sharpe's opinion of India?

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

9. What excuse do the French offer for Bursay's actions?

10. How does Sharpe help out Lord and Lady Hale in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view violence?

2. Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 2

Ask the students to examine 19th century views on race and gender. How does the author counter these views with modern ideas about the same subjects? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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