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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 drags Lorcet to the tower?
(a) The crowd.
(b) Father Defoy.
(c) Challon.
(d) Sharpe.

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

3. What does Lorcet assume Sharpe wanted to do?
(a) Find the rightful owners of the gold.
(b) Get the gold to the English authorities.
(c) Use the gold to fix up the farm.
(d) Keep the gold a secret.

4. Where did the treasure go?
(a) Brest.
(b) Elba.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malan do as Sharpe greets him?

2. What does the sentry announce to the others?

3. Sharpe says Malan is ______________.

4. What does Lucille ask of the men who break into her home?

5. What does Sharpe tell Malan to break?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Malan agree to help Sharpe?

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

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

4. What does Sharpe say to Lucille about the cogwheels, and what is her response?

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

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

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

8. What does Sharpe tell Locet about the gold?

9. What does Malan say to Sharpe's request? What is Sharpe's response?

10. How does Sharpe send Gudin off?

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