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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 Lavisser tell Sharpe and Barker to do once that have made landfall?
(a) Get some rest.
(b) Guard the chest.
(c) Hide in the dunes.
(d) Wait for him.

2. Where are Willsen and Lavisser going together in several days?
(a) Brest.
(b) Baveria.
(c) Copenhagen.
(d) Madrid.

3. How does Sharpe get the chimney soot off him?
(a) He has no soot on him.
(b) Dunking in the rain barrel.
(c) He does not worry about the soot and leaves the house while still dirty.
(d) Bathing in Astrid's room.

4. Who is Ole Skovaard?
(a) The sailor who gives Sharpe a ride across the harbor.
(b) The name on the paper Pumphrey gives Sharpe.
(c) The leader of the Danish cavalry that is hunting Sharpe.
(d) The farmer who treats Sharpe's wounds.

5. What does Sharpe do after throwing the sand?
(a) Flags the ship.
(b) Kills the snake.
(c) Opens the chest and retrieves his weapons.
(d) Runs to the dunes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baird do when Sharpe starts to cry?

2. What does Sharpe tell Hocking before Sharpe kills the man?

3. Why does Sharpe stay in the wagon as it starts moving?

4. Where does Lavisser enter the carriage in which Sharpe and Baird are riding?

5. Why does Sharpe throw sand into Barker's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Sharpe on Friday night at the opening of Chapter 2, and what does he do initially?

2. Describe the encounter between Sharpe and Barker.

3. What is Wapping Steps and why does Sharpe go there?

4. Describe Sharpe's encounter with Hocking when Hocking brings Sharpe a young girl.

5. How does Sharpe manage to get some weapons for himself on the boat?

6. How does Sharpe escape confinement and what frightens him about his escape means?

7. Why is Sharpe in his present circumstances?

8. How does Sharpe deal with Hocking's two bodyguards?

9. What is the reason for the mission to Copenhagen?

10. What does Sharpe tell Hocking he wants and what is Hocking's response?

(see the answer keys)

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