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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the month and year in which this book begins?
(a) March, 1814.
(b) September, 1814.
(c) February, 1819.
(d) May, 1815.

2. What main types of French people are wandering Bordeaux?
(a) French army officers.
(b) French Imperial Guard.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Maimed soldiers, widows, orphans, and cast-off army-wives.

3. What do Sharpe and Frederickson decide they should do about the charges against them?
(a) Obtain a lawyer from London.
(b) Go back to Teste de Buch.
(c) Escape.
(d) File a counter charge.

4. By what other designation is Henri's sister Lucille known?
(a) Lucille d'Lassan.
(b) The Lassan matriarch.
(c) The widow Castineau.
(d) Lucille Castineau d'Ambler.

5. Who leads the voluntary repositioning of Nairn's forces?
(a) Harper.
(b) Frederickson.
(c) Nairn.
(d) Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fredrickson fumble to open his watch at the opening of the novel?

2. Who helps Sharpe and Frederickson with their plan?

3. Why do Nairn's forces voluntarily reposition themselves when fighting at Toulouse?

4. What does Sharpe expect will happen when he is shipped out?

5. What does Jane want Sharpe to do at the beginning of the novel?

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