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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Lucille screams?
(a) Patrick starts crying.
(b) Lorcet yells up the stairs.
(c) Callon hits Patrick.
(d) Challon hits her.

2. Of what does Gudin assure Sharpe?
(a) The shooting that killed Nicolls was an accident.
(b) The man who killed Nicolls will be hung after court martial.
(c) Gudin killed the man who shot Nicolls.
(d) Nicolls pulled his weapon first.

3. What does Challon put under his arm?
(a) His pistol.
(b) His clothes.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Sharpe haul up from the cellar?
(a) Botles of wine.
(b) Dried vegetables.
(c) Challon.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Lucille ask Sharpe if he misses?
(a) Army life.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) India.

6. Why is Sharpe bluffing with Gudin?
(a) He wants to see what Gudin will do.
(b) He does not want to fight on Christmas.
(c) Most of his troops have already started marching to the coast.
(d) His troops are weakened.

7. Who advises against Picard's suggestion?
(a) No one.
(b) Santon.
(c) Caillou.
(d) Gudin.

8. What does Lorcet assume Sharpe wanted to do?
(a) Find the rightful owners of the gold.
(b) Get the gold to the English authorities.
(c) Keep the gold a secret.
(d) Use the gold to fix up the farm.

9. About what does Lucille make fun of Lorcet?
(a) He is relying upon a known criminal for aide.
(b) He only sent three men to accompany Sharpe.
(c) He has to hire thugs to do his business.
(d) He cannot control Challon.

10. What does Marie tell Sharpe to do when he wakes on Christmas Eve?
(a) Not wake the baby.
(b) Eat breakfast.
(c) Dress warmly.
(d) Take no risks.

11. How does Lucille know Sharpe is playing a game with the men?
(a) He winks at her.
(b) He retrieves an old key that opens a chapel on her property.
(c) He pulls out a key that opens a mausoleum on her property.
(d) He uses the present tense to speak about a dead person.

12. How long does Sharpe say it will take to clean the rust off?
(a) A week.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A day.
(d) The rust will not come off.

13. What does Sharpe use to repair the farmhouse?
(a) His half-pay as a retired British officer.
(b) Money he saved while in the Army.
(c) Money he received as a bonus after capturing a French convoy.
(d) His inheritance from his grandfather.

14. What does Lubecque order Sharpe to do?
(a) Put his hands behind his back to be tied.
(b) Saddle a horse to ride.
(c) Drive.
(d) Fix the wheel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Monsieur Plaquet?

2. What does Gudin mention that prompts Sharpe to ask for more information?

3. Where did Malan serve during the Napoleonic Wars?

4. What does Sharpe learn about as the enemy are collecting their death and wounded?

5. How does Lucille get Challon to apologize?

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