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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Napoleon want to hide his treasure?
(a) He thinks his officers are stealing from him.
(b) He wants to move to America.
(c) He fears he may lose the war.
(d) He is angry at his wife.

2. What type of behavior is Ducos beginning to exhibit?
(a) Happy.
(b) Paranoid and eccentric.
(c) Excited.
(d) Indifferent to the world.

3. Why doesn't Jane want Sharpe to fight the duel at the beginning of the book?
(a) Bampfylde is her uncle.
(b) She likes Bampfylde.
(c) Sharpe is a poor shot with pistols.
(d) It is illegal and he could be killed.

4. What almost happens to Harper when he goes by Jane's house?
(a) Jane slaps him.
(b) Jane almost shoots him.
(c) He is nearly trampled under by Rossendale's horses.
(d) Rossendale almost shoots him.

5. Where does Ducos go in Chapter 9?
(a) London.
(b) Spain.
(c) Naples.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harper thinking about as they travel to Bordeaux?

2. What is one of the reasons that leads Sharpe to believe Jane might be leaving him?

3. In what type of major assault do Nairn's troops participate?

4. At the beginning of the Prologue for what is Sharpe preparing?

5. What does Henri Lassan do after the war ends?

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