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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe say he was learning while Braithwaite was at Oxford?
(a) How to kill folks.
(b) How to organize men.
(c) How to survive.
(d) How to pay his own way.

2. Who does Lord William say was a dunce at school?
(a) Arthur Wellesley.
(b) Richard Sharpe.
(c) Lady Grace.
(d) Peculiar Cromwell.

3. What does Cromwell's wine taste like?
(a) Urine.
(b) Mud.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Vinegar.

4. What game does the barrister try to teach Sharpe?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Chess.

5. What kind of metal does Sharpe use to pick the lock?
(a) Steel.
(b) Iron.
(c) Brass.
(d) Tungsten.

6. What does the steward say would drown on deck?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A rat.
(d) A whale.

7. What has Dalton donated for dinner?
(a) Reindeer heart.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Goat.
(d) Pickled tongue.

8. What does pucelle mean in French?
(a) Flog.
(b) Page.
(c) Slave.
(d) Virgin.

9. What does lord William say Lapsus linguae mean?
(a) A loving act.
(b) A Freudian slip.
(c) A slip of the tongue.
(d) A cricket shot.

10. What does Chase say mostly contributes to Grace de Lavarre Gould's fortune?
(a) Her charm.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her beauty.

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

12. What was Cromell looking after for Dalton?
(a) A bible.
(b) A watch.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A pen.

13. What does Sharpe think Grace is born to when she laughs?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Acting.

14. What did Sharpe use to pay for his voyage?
(a) His pension money.
(b) A diamond from his red coat.
(c) His stack load of books.
(d) A gold tooth.

15. Who is Sharpe pursued by in his dream?
(a) A harlot.
(b) A british officer.
(c) An Indian.
(d) A negro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fruit would Chase like to grow in England?

2. Why has Sharpe bought so many goods from Nana?

3. What does Lord William say the army need to win battles?

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

5. What kind of sails did Tufnell say they could have set to outrun the French boats?

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