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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 his group first encounter at Ducos's estate?
(a) The Cardinal.
(b) Ducos' captain.
(c) Ducos' wife.
(d) Attack dogs.

2. What is Rossendale practicing everyday?
(a) Shooting his pistol accurately.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) His explanation to Sharpe.
(d) His dueling skills.

3. What does Calvet realize about extracting Ducos?
(a) It won't be necessary.
(b) It will be very difficult.
(c) It won't be done legally.
(d) It will be very easy.

4. To what does Sharpe appeal in his plan to get free of the villa?
(a) The soldiers' greed.
(b) The Cardinal's religion.
(c) Amnesty of a neutral country.
(d) The soldiers' superstitions.

5. Why does Harper travel to London?
(a) To meet with d'Alembord and see Jane.
(b) To get money for Sharpe.
(c) To kill Jane.
(d) To see his wife.

6. How does Sharpe feel about Lucille's estate?
(a) He admires it.
(b) He hates it and wants to get home.
(c) He is indifferent.
(d) He thinks it's ugly.

7. Why does Napoleon send Calvet to the Kingdom of Naples?
(a) To find Napoleon a better place for exile.
(b) To kill Sharpe.
(c) To talk to the Earl there.
(d) To recover his treasure.

8. What does Lucille do when Frederickson proposes marriage?
(a) Gently says no.
(b) Says nothing.
(c) Says yes.
(d) Says she will think about it.

9. What are the similarities between Jane and Sharpe's new lovers?
(a) They are both destitute but titled.
(b) They both are very wealthy.
(c) They are both French.
(d) They are both well educated and rich.

10. What do d'Alembord and Harper worry about concerning Jane?
(a) Jane being hurt.
(b) Sharpe killing Jane.
(c) Sharpe's money.
(d) Sharpe's reaction.

11. Into what has Ducos converted most of Napoleon's fortune?
(a) Gold.
(b) Gemstones.
(c) Silver.
(d) English pounds.

12. Where do Ducos and his last men make a stand?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In a sealed and reinforced room.
(c) In a tower behind the residence.
(d) On top of the front wall.

13. Why does Lucille write to Roland?
(a) To have Frederickson found.
(b) To ask for an investigator to return.
(c) To clear Sharpe's name.
(d) To file a complaint against Harper.

14. Of what does d'Alembord warn Harper?
(a) That his wife is also cheating on him.
(b) About stirring up too much trouble.
(c) About Rossendale.
(d) About the changes in Jane.

15. What is one of the reasons that leads Sharpe to believe Jane might be leaving him?
(a) She has sent him only a little money.
(b) She has filed divorce papers.
(c) She has not written him any letters.
(d) She has written him but talks mostly of Rossendale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe remain in France?

2. What does Sharpe tell Frederickson about Lucille?

3. What is Ducos hoping for as he makes a last stand?

4. What does the Cardinal plan to do about Calvet?

5. How does Calvet plan to recover Napoleon's money?

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