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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gudin tell Sharpe after they embrace?
(a) Picard has two more brigades on the way.
(b) Gudin knew Sharpe was special.
(c) Gudin is very proud of Sharpe.
(d) Gudin's wife would be happy for Sharpe's success.

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

3. Sharpe tells the congregation a story about _____________.
(a) An emperor, gold, and greed.
(b) A general, silver, and greed.
(c) His return to Normandy.
(d) His daughter being left in Normandy.

4. What does Sharpe feed occasionally?
(a) Former soldiers that come through the area.
(b) Young orphans in the village.
(c) The wild dogs in the woods.
(d) Wild turkeys to fatten them up.

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

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

7. Who is sitting opposite Lucille when Sharpe enters the kitchen?
(a) Malan.
(b) A small, bespectacled man.
(c) Patrick Harper.
(d) Father Defoy.

8. What did Ducos say Sharpe would know?
(a) The location of the gold.
(b) The location of his son.
(c) The location of the silver.
(d) The location of his daughter.

9. Why does Lucille name Patrick with the surname Lassan?
(a) She wants her family's name to continue.
(b) She wants Patrick to be able to inherit her family estate.
(c) She does not name his Lassan.
(d) She thinks the villagers will accept him better.

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

11. What promise does Lucille make to Lorcet?
(a) She will make sure he gets the gold.
(b) Father Defoy will be there shortly.
(c) Sharpe will be back.
(d) Sharpe will kill him for sure.

12. 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.

13. Whom does Challon push out of the room upstairs?
(a) Marie.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Lucille.

14. Who appears on the road above the farm?
(a) A woman driving a wagon.
(b) Two deer.
(c) Six men.
(d) A man driving a wagon.

15. Whom does Father Defoy embarrass publicly?
(a) Calvet.
(b) The widow Malan.
(c) Malan.
(d) Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe say when he pulls the hatch in the attic?

2. Where did Malan serve during the Napoleonic Wars?

3. What does Hagman deliver?

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

5. Where does Sharpe send two companies?

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