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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do British authorities feel about the person who arranged the charges against Sharp and Frederickson?
(a) They are entirely ignorant.
(b) They think someone else has done it.
(c) They believe him to a certain degree.
(d) They trust him.

4. Why does Lucille draw a pistol on Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) She thinks they're brigands.
(b) She thinks they are going to rape her.
(c) She thinks they killed Henri.
(d) She can't see them in the dark.

5. Why does Sharpe continue to wear his tattered uniform?
(a) He can't afford another one.
(b) He is superstitious about it.
(c) He is sentimental about it.
(d) He left his other set at home.

6. How does Jane feel about Sharpe's career?
(a) She doesn't believe in war.
(b) It is very important to her.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She hates it.

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

8. What does Sharpe believe Jane is doing with his money?
(a) Spending it on a lover.
(b) Trying a new investment.
(c) Supporting her family.
(d) Buying him a surprise.

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

10. Who does Lucille decide is responsible for what happens to Henri and her mother?
(a) The Englishmen about whom Henri often spoke.
(b) She doesn't believe anyone is responsible.
(c) The British bringing the plague on ships.
(d) Ducos and Challon.

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

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

13. What is Château Lassan?
(a) The residence of Henri Lassan.
(b) Henri's brother's house.
(c) A famous bed and breakfast inn.
(d) A motel in the Swiss Alps.

14. What is the name of the Royal battleship that is in the harbor of St. Jean de Luz?
(a) British Pride.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Hearty Heart.
(d) Peril.

15. How does Ducos plan to get even with Sharpe?
(a) Kidnap his wife.
(b) Steal his fortune through his wife.
(c) Make it look as if he took Napoleon's treasure.
(d) Have him assassinated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lassan's mother demand he do?

2. How does Sharpe act upon being told the charges?

3. What main types of French people are wandering Bordeaux?

4. Who leads the voluntary repositioning of Nairn's forces?

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

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