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

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

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

5. What is Harper thinking about as they travel to Bordeaux?
(a) How to get out of the army.
(b) Where his brother is in France.
(c) What his wife is doing.
(d) How he is going to stay near Sharpe.

6. Where do Sharpe, Frederickson and Harper go when they leave Bordeaux?
(a) Arcachon.
(b) Paris.
(c) England.
(d) Africa.

7. With whom does Jane begin to associate in London?
(a) A man from her home town.
(b) John Richardson.
(c) Her sister's friends.
(d) A poor but titled widow.

8. How does Harper arrive at the dueling site?
(a) On horseback.
(b) By foot.
(c) In a small boat.
(d) In a small, black carriage.

9. How do Sharpe, Harper and Frederickson celebrate the event in question # 47?
(a) Go out for a fancy dinner.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Play cards all night.
(d) Quit the military.

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

11. How much money does Sharpe have in the bank in London?
(a) Ten thousand guineas.
(b) A hundred pounds.
(c) Eighteen thousand guineas.
(d) Four thousand guineas.

12. Why is a duel called "grass before breakfast?"
(a) You throw a piece of grass to see how the wind blows before a duel.
(b) They are fought at dawn usually on a lawn.
(c) One person may end up six feet under the grass.
(d) Duels are never fought at night in mud.

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

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

15. What color is Sharpe's uniform jacket?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Bright Red.
(d) Faded green.