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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. Of what are Sharpe and Frederickson accused?
(a) Stealing a fortune.
(b) Killing the Prince of Orange.
(c) Faking a supply requisition.
(d) Disobeying an order.

2. Who do Sharpe and Frederickson meet near Bordeaux's gates?
(a) Captain Peter d'Alembord.
(b) Sergeant Harper.
(c) Sergeant Challon.
(d) General Nurenberg.

3. What is Harper thinking about as they travel to Bordeaux?
(a) How to get out of the army.
(b) How he is going to stay near Sharpe.
(c) What his wife is doing.
(d) Where his brother is in France.

4. Where is Henri stationed at the end of the war?
(a) Chetae de Huliant.
(b) Toulouse.
(c) Paris.
(d) Teste de Buch.

5. Where does Sharpe obtain his fortune over which he gives Jane power?
(a) The battle of Vitoria.
(b) It was given to him as part of his knighting.
(c) The Battle of Toulouse.
(d) He inherited it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fredrickson take shelter from the wind in the opening of the novel?

2. What does Sharpe receive from his financial agent as he is on the way to Bordeaux?

3. At what age does Sharpe join the military?

4. What Sergeant does Ducos ask to help him steal Napoleon's treasure?

5. Where does Fredrickson lose an eye?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henri do with his sister, Lucille?

2. What happens as Sharpe and the others are about to board a ship in Bordeaux?

3. What type of situation does Sharpe's group find at Bordeaux?

4. What does Sharpe and his friends do after the battle of Toulouse?

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

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

7. What does Henri Lassan do after the war?

8. With whom does Sharpe duel and why?

9. Who has set up the charges against Sharpe and Frederickson and what do the British authorities know?

10. Describe Henri Lassan's sister.

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