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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. Why does Sharpe think Malan will work for Sharpe?
(a) In gratitude for Sharpe saving Malan's life.
(b) Malan loves Lucille.
(c) Malan would rather work for a soldier than one who did not fight.
(d) Sharpe is offering good wages.

2. What did Ducos say Sharpe would know?
(a) The location of his son.
(b) The location of his daughter.
(c) The location of the silver.
(d) The location of the gold.

3. What did Ducos' will mention?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) A son.
(d) A daughter.

4. What does Lucille do when Challon gropes her breast?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Spills hot fat on his hand.
(c) Screams.
(d) Knees him in the groin.

5. Lorcet says that Lucille had better pray for ______________.
(a) Sharpe to still have the gold.
(b) Sharpe to return.
(c) Sharpe not to get stuck in a drift.
(d) Sharpe to be better than most of the English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Corporal Lubecque?

2. Why does Picard think Caillou is commanding the forces that are fighting?

3. What does Hagman deliver?

4. What does Picard suggest they do when they hear gunfire?

5. How long does Sharpe say it will take to clean the rust off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lorcet agree to with Challon, and what does he find distasteful about Challon's suggestion?

2. Where does Sharpe go on the morning of Christmas Eve?

3. What does Sharpe tell Lorcet when Lorcet calls upstairs to Challon?

4. What does Father Defoy announce in church? How does the widow Malan feel about the announcement?

5. Why does Malan agree to help Sharpe?

6. What does Sharpe say to Lucille about the cogwheels, and what is her response?

7. What does Challon do while Lucille puts Patrick to bed? What does Lorcet find in Sharpe's accounts?

8. What is Picard doing while Gudin and Sharpe talk?

9. What does Sharpe tell the people in the church?

10. What does Sharpe think would be the best thing to do when he returns home? Why doesn't he do it? What does he find when he enters the kitchen?

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