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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Sharpe's position with Nairn's company?
(a) Military Strategy Adviser.
(b) Platoon Leader.
(c) Chief of Staff.
(d) Captain.

3. Who stops Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) An old army companion.
(b) British authorities.
(c) General Calvet.
(d) Nairn.

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

5. What help does the person in question #82 give Sharpe and Frederickson?
(a) Takes a counter charge to the clerk of the court.
(b) Writes the lawyer in London.
(c) Obtains horses for a trip.
(d) Gets the guards drunk.

6. With what is the port of St. Jean de Luz filled?
(a) French battleships.
(b) Merchant ships and fishing boats.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Pods of dolphins.

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

8. What do Sharpe and Frederickson say about the charges?
(a) They say it was Ducos.
(b) They don't say anything.
(c) They deny them.
(d) They say they returned all of it.

9. What happens to Sharpe when Lucille draws a pistol on him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is shot at but missed.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He trips and falls.

10. Where are Sharpe and Harper standing at the opening of the novel?
(a) On a sandy beach.
(b) On the deck of a ship.
(c) In the forest.
(d) On a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

11. How would Lucille be described?
(a) Plain but nice.
(b) Shy and retiring.
(c) Attractive and vivacious.
(d) Moody.

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

13. What fortress do Sharpe and Frederickson capture?
(a) Palace de Hildia.
(b) Teste de Buch.
(c) La Flantaine.
(d) The Loudese d' Capelle.

14. Why are Sharpe and Frederickson detained?
(a) To be presented with an award.
(b) To join a unit going to Africa.
(c) For questioning.
(d) To testify in a court martial trial.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Napoleon entrust his treasure?

2. What is Château Lassan?

3. What do Sharpe and his friends plan to do in Bordeaux?

4. What type of weapon does Bampfylde chose for his duel with Sharpe?

5. How do British authorities feel about the person who arranged the charges against Sharp and Frederickson?

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