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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?
(a) Sycorax.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) War Lord.

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

4. Why does Fredrickson fumble to open his watch at the opening of the novel?
(a) Sharpe is pushing on his arm.
(b) He is sneezing.
(c) The watch latch is stuck.
(d) He is wearing gloves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe feel before his duel with Bampfylde?

2. Why is Jane interrogated by British officials?

3. Where does Sharpe obtain his fortune over which he gives Jane power?

4. What kind of celebration does Henri have in Chapter 8?

5. What type of boots does Sharpe wear with his uniform?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Napoleon do when he is worried about failure and who does he use to help him?

2. Who writes Sharpe and what information is in the letter he receives in Chapter 4?

3. What does Jane demand of Sharpe in the Prologue?

4. What are the British organizing to do in the beginning of this book and what has occurred in their military campaign that motivates this?

5. What do Sharpe and his companions do when they leave Bordeaux?

6. What do the three friends discuss in Chapter 1 and for what does Fredrickson ridicule Sharpe and the other friend?

7. What is Sharpe's and Frederickson's plan for leaving Bordeaux?

8. What does the man Napoleon enlists for help actually do and why?

9. What do Sharpe and Frederickson decide to do and how does Harper help?

10. How does the assault of Nairn's troops end?

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