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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 happens to the charges against Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) They are dropped.
(b) They are put aside for a year.
(c) They are changed to simple theft.
(d) They are changed to murder.

2. Of what does d'Alembord warn Harper?
(a) About stirring up too much trouble.
(b) That his wife is also cheating on him.
(c) About the changes in Jane.
(d) About Rossendale.

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

4. What type of cannon does Ducos purchase for his location?
(a) A split shot multiball.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) An eight pounder.
(d) A double barrel.

5. What does Roland send to the exiled Napoleon?
(a) A dropping of the charges against Sharpe.
(b) The letter from Lucille.
(c) Ducos' location.
(d) Sharpe's location.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does most of London society admire Rossendale?

2. What is the final outcome of the battle at Ducos' villa?

3. What does Sharpe's group plan to do?

4. What is Ducos' punishment?

5. How does Calvet plan to recover Napoleon's money?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Roland send Lucille's letter and what is his response?

2. How do the maneuvers at Ducos' estate turn out as far as Ducos' men are concerned?

3. How does Sharpe solve the dilemma of the Cardinal's men around them?

4. What is apparent when Jane sees Rossendale and how does their social circle feel about it?

5. What do Sharpe and his group do at Ducos' estate while the French are firing on it?

6. What does Calvet do while Sharpe is implementing his plan and how does it all end?

7. Why did Lucille's gun wound Sharpe so badly and what is involved for him because of that?

8. What ruins Sharpe and Frederickson's friendship and what does Sharpe do at the end of the book?

9. Where does Frederickson go to find Ducos and how does that work out?

10. How do Calvet and Sharpe plan to avoid the Cardinal's men?

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