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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. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?
(a) Sycorax.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) War Lord.

2. At what age does Sharpe join the military?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

3. In what role does Harper join Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) As a servant.
(b) As their superior officer.
(c) As an old army friend.
(d) As a body guard.

4. What do Sharpe and Frederickson say about the charges?
(a) They say it was Ducos.
(b) They don't say anything.
(c) They deny them.
(d) They say they returned all of it.

5. What does Henri Lassan do after the war ends?
(a) Becomes a priest.
(b) Opens a law firm.
(c) Returns home.
(d) Marries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sharpe ordered to go after the Battle of Toulouse?

2. What is the month and year in which this book begins?

3. How does Sharpe feel before his duel with Bampfylde?

4. What company does Harper join in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sharpe and his companions do when they leave Bordeaux?

2. With whom does Sharpe duel and why?

3. Describe Henri Lassan's sister.

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

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

6. In the opening of Chapter 4, what is happening with the British troops following the abdication of Napoleon?

7. Who writes Sharpe and what information is in the letter he receives in Chapter 4?

8. How does Sharpe respond to Jane's demands in the Prologue?

9. What type of situation does Sharpe's group find at Bordeaux?

10. What does Henri do with his sister, Lucille?

(see the answer keys)

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