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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 is the final outcome of the battle at Ducos' villa?
(a) The English and French forces are arrested.
(b) The English and French forces have to fight their way out.
(c) The English and French forces take the Cardinal hostage and leave.
(d) The English and French forces escape.

2. Who gives Ducos's address to Frederickson?
(a) A palace guard.
(b) An optician.
(c) A physician.
(d) An Imperial Guard.

3. With what does Harper respond to Ducos' fire?
(a) With his rifle.
(b) He throws a knife into Ducos' chest.
(c) With his seven barrel gun.
(d) With a large rock.

4. To where do Sharpe, Frederickson, and Harper return?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Paris.

5. What news does Sharpe hear from Harper after Harper sees Jane?
(a) That she is cheating on him.
(b) That she is ill.
(c) None.
(d) That she is spending all his money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ducos' punishment?

3. What weapon does Sharpe fire at the Neapolitan soldiers?

4. What is ironic about Lucille turning down Frederickson's proposal?

5. Why does Sharpe remain in France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Ducos in the Epilogue?

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

6. Describe the fight at Ducos' defensive room.

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

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

9. What ruins Sharpe and Frederickson's friendship and what does Sharpe do at the end of the book?

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

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