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

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

3. How do Lucille and Sharpe feel towards each other by the end of Chapter 11?
(a) They're indifferent to each other.
(b) They are fond of each other.
(c) They detest each other.
(d) They are irritated with each other.

4. Where do Sharpe and the others have to go to get into Ducos' room?
(a) The attic.
(b) The stream in the garden.
(c) The basement.
(d) The room next door.

5. What do Frederickson and Harper do at Lucille's house?
(a) Make extensive repairs.
(b) Plan how to get Ducos.
(c) Play cards.
(d) Woo Lucille.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what has Ducos converted most of Napoleon's fortune?

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

3. Why is the Cardinal protecting Ducos?

4. What have the Neapolitan forces done while Sharpe and the others capture Ducos?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Ducos in the Epilogue?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Frederickson do when he leaves the Lassan estate, what does Sharpe do after he leaves? What happens between Sharpe and Lucille?

8. Where does Frederickson go to find Ducos and how does that work out?

9. What does Calvet do in Naples first?

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

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