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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe say when he pulls the hatch in the attic?
(a) He tells Malan to wait there.
(b) It's time to go to war.
(c) He says he's going to kill some men.
(d) He tells Malan to signal the singers.

2. What does Challon promise Lucille?
(a) Lucille will not be harmed.
(b) Sharpe will not be harmed.
(c) Patrick will not be harmed.
(d) She is about to enter paradise.

3. About what does Challon harass Lucille?
(a) Living on the farm.
(b) Having a child out of wedlock.
(c) Not marrying a wealthy man.
(d) Being with an Englishman.

4. About what do Harper and Sharpe argue near the end of the story?
(a) Who will kill the sheep.
(b) Who will stay in Spain.
(c) Who will kill the cow.
(d) What Sharpe's superiors will do.

5. Lucille says Sharpe's business is ______________.
(a) Tending the farm.
(b) Learning to be a civilian.
(c) Paying back her father's kindness.
(d) Protecting her.

6. What does Father Defoy wish Jacques would do?
(a) Buy a farm and settle down.
(b) Re-enlist.
(c) Something beneficial for the village.
(d) Forgive the English.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What does Daniel Hagman want when he pokes his head into the room where Sharpe and Gudin are talking?
(a) More towels.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) To speak with Sharpe privately.
(d) To serve Gudin and Sharpe dinner.

11. What happens as they drive off?
(a) One of the horses rears.
(b) A wheel freezes on the cart.
(c) The cart lurches from side to side.
(d) A wheel falls off the cart.

12. Where does Sharpe lock the men who held Lucille and Patrick hostage?
(a) In the chapel.
(b) In the inn's cellar.
(c) In the village jail.
(d) In his house's cellar.

13. Who reprimands Challon?
(a) The Maid.
(b) One of the Hussars.
(c) Lorcet.
(d) No one.

14. Who follows Lucille upstairs?
(a) Marie.
(b) Lorcet.
(c) Challon.
(d) One of the hussars.

15. Who is standing there when the door to the church suddenly opens?
(a) No one.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Three hooded men and Sharpe.
(d) Callon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lucille say will want to come in for food and wine?

2. What does Gudin tell Sharpe after they embrace?

3. What does Lorcet assume Sharpe wanted to do?

4. What does Sharpe have to do after disposing of three of the men?

5. What does the sentry announce to the others?

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