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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 Harper travel to London?
(a) To see his wife.
(b) To get money for Sharpe.
(c) To kill Jane.
(d) To meet with d'Alembord and see Jane.

2. What do Ducos's defensive preparations at his location say?
(a) He likes to be prepared.
(b) He does not feel any danger.
(c) He is protecting the Cardinal.
(d) He knows how competent Sharpe is.

3. Why does Napoleon send Calvet to the Kingdom of Naples?
(a) To talk to the Earl there.
(b) To kill Sharpe.
(c) To find Napoleon a better place for exile.
(d) To recover his treasure.

4. What is Ducos hoping for as he makes a last stand?
(a) Sharpe will be killed.
(b) Calvet will be willing to split the treasure and leave.
(c) The cannon will work.
(d) Help from the Cardinal.

5. What is Ducos' punishment?
(a) Paying back twice what he stole.
(b) Twenty years in prison.
(c) Being shot dead.
(d) Exile from France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What almost happens to Harper when he goes by Jane's house?

2. What does Lucille wonder about Sharpe?

3. Why is the Cardinal protecting Ducos?

4. What does Sharpe learn as he is recovering?

5. Why does Sharpe remain in France?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Ducos remain and what does he do while there?

3. How do the maneuvers at Ducos' estate turn out as far as Ducos' men are concerned?

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

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

6. What does Calvet do in Naples first?

7. How does Frederickson feel about Lucille, what does Sharpe suggest and what happens when he follows Sharpe's suggestion?

8. What do Sharpe and his group do at Ducos' estate while the French are firing on it?

9. To whom does Roland send Lucille's letter and what is his response?

10. Why did Lucille's gun wound Sharpe so badly and what is involved for him because of that?

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