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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. Why does Sharpe remain in France?
(a) He is in prison.
(b) He is too wounded to travel.
(c) He has been assigned there.
(d) He has heard about Jane and doesn't want to go home.

2. What does Sharpe's group plan to do?
(a) Kill Calvet.
(b) Stealthily invade Ducos' estate.
(c) Take the Cardinal as hostage.
(d) Wait for Calvet to get the money.

3. What does Sharpe learn as he is recovering?
(a) Spanish.
(b) How to paint in watercolors.
(c) French.
(d) How to keep the books on Lucille's estate.

4. What is Rossendale practicing everyday?
(a) Shooting his pistol accurately.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) His explanation to Sharpe.
(d) His dueling skills.

5. Why does Calvet laugh when he takes the gun he holds under Sharpe's chin away?
(a) He is glad he doesn't have to kill Sharp.
(b) The gun is empty.
(c) He is sadistic.
(d) He admires Sharpe's response.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Calvet meet in Naples?

2. What is Ducos doing with Napoleon's old uniforms?

3. What does most of London society believe Sharpe will do with Jane upon his return?

4. What does Calvet gather up before they leave the villa?

5. What does Sharpe seek when he leaves Lucille's estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ducos do as a last ditch effort and why does he do it?

2. Describe the fight at Ducos' defensive room.

3. How does Sharpe capture Ducos and what is the cost of that capture?

4. What is the similarity between Jane's affair and Sharpe's affair?

5. Why does Harper travel to London, and what happens when he calls on Jane?

6. What happens to Ducos in the Epilogue?

7. What is apparent when Jane sees Rossendale and how does their social circle feel about it?

8. What does d'Alembord urge Jane to do, what is her response and how does he feel about that response?

9. What does Calvet suggest to Sharpe and his group and why? What do they do after agreeing on a plan?

10. What does Calvet do in Naples first?

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