View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following had Sharpe refused to purchase from Nana Rao?
(a) A watch.
(b) A sofa.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A sand timer.

2. What does Lord William say the army need to win battles?
(a) Heavy artillery.
(b) Number.
(c) Pride.
(d) Discipline.

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

4. What instrument does Matilde play?
(a) A harp.
(b) The flute.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The violin.

5. What book does Dalton lend Sharpe in this section?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Tristram Shandy.
(c) Moll Flanders.
(d) Dante's Inferno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is served to the richer passengers for breakfast?

2. What does revenant mean in French?

3. How is Lady Grace related to Arthur Wellesley?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Lady Grace begin to worry Sharpe in chapter six?

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

6. What does Lady Grace tell Sharpe when she sneaks away from Lord William?

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

8. What does Sharpe tell Chase about Pohlmann?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 814 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample