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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Rossendale's nights like for him?
(a) Restful and calm.
(b) Wonderful with Jane as his lover.
(c) Sleepless.
(d) Being drunk every night.

3. Where does Ducos remain in Chapter 12?
(a) In Paris, hiding.
(b) Hiding in London.
(c) At the Church in Naples.
(d) In his fortified estate.

4. What is Ducos' punishment?
(a) Twenty years in prison.
(b) Paying back twice what he stole.
(c) Exile from France.
(d) Being shot dead.

5. What does Calvet suggest to Sharpe?
(a) That Sharpe return to London.
(b) That Napoleon can clear Sharpe's name.
(c) A joint operation.
(d) To wait for Calvet to bring out Ducos.

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

7. How do Sharpe and Calvet plan to escape?
(a) Through the alley behind the residence.
(b) In a boat.
(c) In the rocky hills above the city.
(d) Through the woods.

8. Why is Lucille's gun so effective?
(a) It is her brother's large pistol.
(b) She shoots at her target point blank.
(c) She shoots Sharpe at the site of an old wound.
(d) It is loaded with multiple projectiles.

9. What type of behavior is Ducos beginning to exhibit?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indifferent to the world.
(c) Paranoid and eccentric.
(d) Excited.

10. Where does Harper go when he leaves Sharpe?
(a) To Vienna.
(b) To France.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To Ireland.

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

12. Where does Frederickson say he'd like to visit once his name is cleared?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Rome.

13. With what does Harper respond to Ducos' fire?
(a) With a large rock.
(b) He throws a knife into Ducos' chest.
(c) With his rifle.
(d) With his seven barrel gun.

14. What kind of repercussions follow Sharpe taking Ducos out of Naples?
(a) None.
(b) Naples declares war on England and France.
(c) He has to write an apology to the Cardinal.
(d) He is reprimanded.

15. What do Sharpe and his group do at Ducos' estate?
(a) Set it on fire.
(b) Take down the gate.
(c) Raze it with cannon fire.
(d) Sneak into the perimeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sharpe and the others have to go to get into Ducos' room?

2. What does d'Alembord notice about Jane when he goes to see her in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Frederickson leave Lucille's house?

4. How do Lucille and Sharpe feel towards each other by the end of Chapter 11?

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

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