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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sharpe and his friends plan to do in Bordeaux?
(a) Go to the market square.
(b) Board a ship.
(c) Find a wife for Frederickson.
(d) Get a room in the tavern.

2. What are the British getting ready to do at the beginning of this book?
(a) Accept terms from Spain.
(b) Surround Paris.
(c) Invade Toulouse.
(d) Invade the African coast.

3. Who do Sharpe and Frederickson meet near Bordeaux's gates?
(a) Captain Peter d'Alembord.
(b) Sergeant Challon.
(c) Sergeant Harper.
(d) General Nurenberg.

4. What does Napoleon do right before the Battle of Toulouse?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Runs away to an island in the Mediterranean.
(c) Abdicates.
(d) Flees to Spain.

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

6. What does Bampfylde do the night before his duel with Sharpe?
(a) Gets drunk.
(b) Quits the military.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Gets married.

7. Why do Nairn's forces voluntarily reposition themselves when fighting at Toulouse?
(a) To take down the Imperial Guard.
(b) To save Sharpe's forces.
(c) To help in an organized retreat.
(d) To assault a central strong point in the line.

8. In what role does Harper join Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) As a body guard.
(b) As their superior officer.
(c) As an old army friend.
(d) As a servant.

9. Where does Fredrickson lose an eye?
(a) At the battle of Waterloo.
(b) At Teste de Buch.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In a battle in Spain.

10. Where does Sharpe obtain his fortune over which he gives Jane power?
(a) He inherited it.
(b) The battle of Vitoria.
(c) It was given to him as part of his knighting.
(d) The Battle of Toulouse.

11. What is the situation in Bordeaux when the three friends arrive there?
(a) Happy.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Calm.

12. Who helps Sharpe and Frederickson with their plan?
(a) Sanderson.
(b) Captain Calvert.
(c) Harper.
(d) No one.

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

14. What does Jane believe would happen if Sharpe accepts his accolades?
(a) She would be invited to the royal palace.
(b) She would be popular in society.
(c) They would be rich.
(d) He would be knighted.

15. What Sergeant does Ducos ask to help him steal Napoleon's treasure?
(a) Sergeant Harper.
(b) Sergeant Calvert.
(c) Sergeant Challon.
(d) Sergeant Soult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the fishermen in the waters beneath Sharpe heaving over their boats?

2. What type of boots does Sharpe wear with his uniform?

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

4. What does Sharpe give Jane before she leaves for England?

5. What is Château Lassan?

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