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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the Neapolitan forces done while Sharpe and the others capture Ducos?
(a) Blasted out the basement.
(b) Surrounded the villa.
(c) Set fire to the villa.
(d) Blasted out the attic.

2. Why is Lucille's gun so effective?
(a) It is her brother's large pistol.
(b) It is loaded with multiple projectiles.
(c) She shoots at her target point blank.
(d) She shoots Sharpe at the site of an old wound.

3. Why does Fredrickson fumble to open his watch at the opening of the novel?
(a) Sharpe is pushing on his arm.
(b) He is sneezing.
(c) He is wearing gloves.
(d) The watch latch is stuck.

4. Under what rule is Bordeaux when Sharpe and Frederickson are there?
(a) There is no ruling authority.
(b) A British governor.
(c) A French mayor.
(d) Military justice.

5. What is Ducos' punishment?
(a) Twenty years in prison.
(b) Paying back twice what he stole.
(c) Being shot dead.
(d) Exile from France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is thinning the ranks of the British forces in Chapter 4?

2. Who does Lucille decide is responsible for what happens to Henri and her mother?

3. In what role does Harper join Sharpe and Frederickson?

4. How does Sharpe feel about Lucille's estate?

5. How do Sharpe, Harper and Frederickson celebrate the event in question # 47?

(see the answer key)

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