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

2. Who is sulking about his defeat?
(a) Picard.
(b) Harper.
(c) Caillou.
(d) Nicholls.

3. What does Hagman deliver?
(a) A bottle of wine from Picard.
(b) A message from Picard.
(c) A newborn calf.
(d) A baby girl.

4. Who in the village likes Sharpe?
(a) Malan.
(b) The widow Malan.
(c) Ducos.
(d) Father Defoy.

5. What does Sharpe have to do after disposing of three of the men?
(a) Make friends in the village.
(b) Go get the gold alone.
(c) Go rescue Lucille by himself.
(d) Find a constable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lorcet says that Lucille had better pray for ______________.

2. What does Sharpe offer Gudin?

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

4. What does Lorcet admit?

5. About what does Challon harass Lucille?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sharpe in Normandy, and what does he think about when he holds his rifle?

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

3. What does the man in the kitchen tell Sharpe about Ducos?

4. Who pushes their way into the house while Sharpe is gone, and what do they do and say?

5. What does Sharpe think after he kills the fox and he does not see the six men continue to the village?

6. How does Sharpe send Gudin off?

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

8. What does Lorcet say to Lucille when it starts to snow? What does she reply?

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

10. What does Lucille hope about Sharpe, and how does she feel about leaving her home?

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