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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. How much of Sharpe's money has Jane withdrawn?
(a) None of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) Twenty-five percent of it.
(d) Half of it.

2. How does Sharpe feel before his duel with Bampfylde?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

3. Where does Fredrickson take shelter from the wind in the opening of the novel?
(a) Behind a large boulder.
(b) Under a tall, broad oak tree.
(c) In the lee of some stunted pine trees.
(d) In a small lodge.

4. Where is Sharpe ordered to go after the Battle of Toulouse?
(a) England.
(b) Paris.
(c) Africa.
(d) America.

5. Why does Sharpe continue to wear his tattered uniform?
(a) He is superstitious about it.
(b) He left his other set at home.
(c) He is sentimental about it.
(d) He can't afford another one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Henri stationed at the end of the war?

2. What company does Harper join in Chapter 1?

3. Chapter 6 recounts the lengthy history of Henri Lassan's progenitors and their role in overseeing Château Lassan. Based on the previous sentence, what might progenitors mean?

4. Why is Jane interrogated by British officials?

5. Who has arranged the charges against Sharpe and Frederickson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the British at Toulouse learn after the battle about Napoleon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. To what company is Frederickson attached, what is Sharpe's position in that company and who else of Sharpe's acquaintance joins the company? What event does this enable?

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

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

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