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

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

3. How does Lucille explain Sharpe's presence?
(a) He is a friend of her brother's.
(b) He arrived one day and stayed.
(c) He is a friend of her father's.
(d) He saved her brother's life.

4. What does Lucille pray?
(a) Sharpe will be willing to stay in Seleglise.
(b) Sharpe will take her to England.
(c) Malan will move.
(d) The villagers will warm up to Sharpe.

5. What does Sharpe tell Malan to break?
(a) The bedroom shutters.
(b) The bell.
(c) The attic window.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe offer Gudin?

2. Who fiercely hates Sharpe in the village?

3. Why does Lubecque have one of his men drive the cart?

4. What does Lorcet order Sharpe to do?

5. What does Lorcet assume Sharpe wanted to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sharpe and Malan get into Lucille's house?

2. What does Hagman have to say about Maria and her baby?

3. Where does Challon take Lucille, and what interrupts his plans for her the first time?

4. What does Sharpe say about the villagers, especially Malan? What is Lucille's response?

5. What happens between Challon and Lucille in the kitchen, and what is Lorcet's response?

6. Where does Sharpe go on the morning of Christmas Eve?

7. What is Picard doing while Gudin and Sharpe talk?

8. How does Sharpe deal with the three men who are with him?

9. Why does Malan agree to help Sharpe?

10. What does Challon do while Lucille puts Patrick to bed? What does Lorcet find in Sharpe's accounts?

(see the answer keys)

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