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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. What does Calvet realize about extracting Ducos?
(a) It will be very difficult.
(b) It will be very easy.
(c) It won't be necessary.
(d) It won't be done legally.

2. Where do Sharpe and his two friends hit Duco's main group of defenders?
(a) On their flank.
(b) From the rear.
(c) From above on the wall.
(d) Right through their center.

3. Where does Ducos hide when Sharpe and the others breach the room?
(a) Behind a curtain.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) Under the desk.
(d) On the balcony.

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

5. Why is Lucille's gun so effective?
(a) She shoots Sharpe at the site of an old wound.
(b) It is her brother's large pistol.
(c) She shoots at her target point blank.
(d) It is loaded with multiple projectiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does most of London society admire Rossendale?

2. How do Lucille and Sharpe feel towards each other by the end of Chapter 11?

3. Of what does d'Alembord warn Harper?

4. To where do Sharpe, Frederickson, and Harper return?

5. What news does Sharpe hear from Harper after Harper sees Jane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Calvet do while Sharpe is implementing his plan and how does it all end?

2. How does Sharpe solve the dilemma of the Cardinal's men around them?

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

4. What does Calvet decide to do about Ducos based on local authorities' response to his request?

5. What does Sharpe do when Frederickson sends for him and what does Lucille reveal to her doctor and friends?

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

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. How do Calvet and Sharpe plan to avoid the Cardinal's men?

10. How does Sharpe feel about his affair with Lucille in view of his marriage to Jane?

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