View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Lorcet order Sharpe to do?
(a) Retrieve the gold and take it to an address in Paris.
(b) Submit to being tied.
(c) Stay under guard while Lorcet retrieves the silver.
(d) Retrieve the money by nightfall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorcet assume Sharpe wanted to do?

2. What is Sharpe learning to love?

3. Why does Lucille name Patrick with the surname Lassan?

4. Who is standing there when the door to the church suddenly opens?

5. What has Sharpe read in the papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Locet about the gold?

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

3. How does Sharpe send Gudin off?

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

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

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

7. What does Sharpe do when he hears of Nicholls' death?

8. What does Sharpe think would be the best thing to do when he returns home? Why doesn't he do it? What does he find when he enters the kitchen?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,097 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample