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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 nationality is Harper?
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Irish.
(d) Scottish.

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

3. How much money does Sharpe have in the bank in London?
(a) Eighteen thousand guineas.
(b) Four thousand guineas.
(c) Ten thousand guineas.
(d) A hundred pounds.

4. What does Jane want Sharpe to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Move to America.
(b) Go to Africa.
(c) Return to England.
(d) Transfer to the navy under her uncle.

5. What kind of celebration does Henri have in Chapter 8?
(a) Entrance to the priesthood.
(b) His fortieth birthday.
(c) Betrothal celebration.
(d) The opening of his law firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe give Jane before she leaves for England?

2. Where does Ducos go in Chapter 9?

3. What does Napoleon do right before the Battle of Toulouse?

4. Who helps Sharpe and Frederickson with their plan?

5. What do Sharpe and Frederickson say about the charges?

Short Essay Questions

1. What orders do Sharpe, Frederickson, and Harper receive?

2. What does Peter d'Alembord do with Shape and his companions?

3. Describe Henri Lassan's sister.

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

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

6. In the opening of Chapter 4, what is happening with the British troops following the abdication of Napoleon?

7. What does Soult do with Toulouse following the British assault?

8. What do Sharpe and Frederickson find at the guard post in Bordeaux?

9. Of what does Part I in this novel consist and what does Part I serve to do in the novel's narrative arc?

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

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