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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Lucille and Sharpe feel towards each other by the end of Chapter 11?
(a) They are fond of each other.
(b) They detest each other.
(c) They're indifferent to each other.
(d) They are irritated with each other.

2. For what does Ducos stand trial?
(a) Treason.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Spying.

3. What weapon does Sharpe fire at the Neapolitan soldiers?
(a) Harper's seven barrel gun.
(b) Artillery.
(c) A sniper rifle.
(d) The grasshopper.

4. How does Lucille feel when Sharpe leaves?
(a) Sad and wistful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Happy.

5. What type of behavior is Ducos beginning to exhibit?
(a) Paranoid and eccentric.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent to the world.
(d) Happy.

6. What does Lucille tell her doctor about her state of being?
(a) She is terribly depressed.
(b) She has hurt her back.
(c) She has a hard time walking.
(d) She is carrying Sharpe's child.

7. What does Sharpe tell Frederickson about Lucille?
(a) He left her pregnant.
(b) He never really got to know her.
(c) She married a French count.
(d) He loves her.

8. Why is the Cardinal protecting Ducos?
(a) Ducos saved the Cardinal's life.
(b) Ducos plans to enter the priesthood.
(c) For his wealth and frequent payments.
(d) They are related.

9. What do Sharpe and his group do while the French are firing on Ducos' estate?
(a) Attack the Cardinal's men.
(b) Penetrate deep into the building.
(c) Take out the perimeter guard.
(d) Watch from a hill above the estate.

10. What do d'Alembord and Harper worry about concerning Jane?
(a) Jane being hurt.
(b) Sharpe killing Jane.
(c) Sharpe's money.
(d) Sharpe's reaction.

11. In what type of surroundings does d'Alembord find Jane?
(a) In an expensive London apartment.
(b) In a repellent house that is kept in squalor.
(c) In a tenement in the poor section of London.
(d) Living in Rossendale's house.

12. What does most of London society believe Sharpe will do with Jane upon his return?
(a) Get her pregnant.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Discard her.

13. Where does Ducos hide when Sharpe and the others breach the room?
(a) Behind a curtain.
(b) On the balcony.
(c) Under the desk.
(d) Behind the door.

14. Why is Lucille's gun so effective?
(a) She shoots Sharpe at the site of an old wound.
(b) It is loaded with multiple projectiles.
(c) It is her brother's large pistol.
(d) She shoots at her target point blank.

15. Where do Sharpe and his two friends hit Duco's main group of defenders?
(a) On their flank.
(b) From the rear.
(c) From above on the wall.
(d) Right through their center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the charges against Sharpe and Frederickson?

2. Where does Ducos remain in Chapter 12?

3. What does d'Alembord notice about how Jane feels about Sharpe?

4. What are the similarities between Jane and Sharpe's new lovers?

5. What do Sharpe and his group do at Ducos' estate?

(see the answer keys)

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