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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. By what other designation is Henri's sister Lucille known?
(a) Lucille d'Lassan.
(b) The Lassan matriarch.
(c) The widow Castineau.
(d) Lucille Castineau d'Ambler.

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

3. Who leads the voluntary repositioning of Nairn's forces?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Harper.
(c) Frederickson.
(d) Nairn.

4. How do Sharpe, Harper and Frederickson celebrate the event in question # 47?
(a) Go out for a fancy dinner.
(b) Quit the military.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Play cards all night.

5. Why is Jane interrogated by British officials?
(a) She threatens a member of parliament.
(b) They think she is a spy.
(c) Because of Sharpe's money which she has.
(d) She is caught stealing clothing from a well known store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Lassan demoralized?

3. At what does Frederickson scoff concerning Sharpe's and Harper's lives?

4. Why doesn't Jane want Sharpe to fight the duel at the beginning of the book?

5. Why does Sharpe continue to wear his tattered uniform?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who leads the Nairn men into battle and what does he realize?

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

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

4. What does Henri Lassan do after the war?

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

6. What does Lassan's mother want him to do and how does he feel about it?

7. Describe Henri Lassan's sister.

8. Where do Nairn's troops participate in the battle at Toulouse and why and where do they then move?

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

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

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