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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. Where are Sharpe and Harper standing at the opening of the novel?
(a) In the forest.
(b) On a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
(c) On a sandy beach.
(d) On the deck of a ship.

2. Where does Fredrickson lose an eye?
(a) At Teste de Buch.
(b) In a battle in Spain.
(c) At the battle of Waterloo.
(d) In Paris.

3. With what is the port of St. Jean de Luz filled?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) French battleships.
(c) Merchant ships and fishing boats.
(d) Pods of dolphins.

4. What is Château Lassan?
(a) Henri's brother's house.
(b) The residence of Henri Lassan.
(c) A famous bed and breakfast inn.
(d) A motel in the Swiss Alps.

5. What does Sharpe want Sargeant Harper to have of his in the event of his death?
(a) His horse.
(b) His weapons.
(c) His pocket watch.
(d) His uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lassan's mother demand he do?

2. What company does Harper join in Chapter 1?

3. What are the British getting ready to do at the beginning of this book?

4. What help does the person in question #82 give Sharpe and Frederickson?

5. By what other designation is Henri's sister Lucille known?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Nairn's troops participate in the battle at Toulouse and why and where do they then move?

2. What does Peter d'Alembord do with Shape and his companions?

3. What is Jane doing in London while Sharpe is still in France? What happens to her because of this?

4. What do the British at Toulouse learn after the battle about Napoleon?

5. What does the man Napoleon enlists for help actually do and why?

6. What are the British organizing to do in the beginning of this book and what has occurred in their military campaign that motivates this?

7. With whom does Sharpe duel and why?

8. What is Toulouse and who commands it?

9. What does Sharpe and his friends do after the battle of Toulouse?

10. What do Sharpe and Frederickson decide to do and how does Harper help?

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