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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kiely do when he learns about the change in his life?

2. What message is sent to Massena from the French dragoons?

3. What does Wellington tell Sharpe as Sharpe is leaving?

4. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?

5. How does Massena feel when the British in the south join the northern force?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who and what does Sharpe find at a house in San Cristobal?

2. How does Sharpe, Runciman, and the Real Compañía Irlandesa get involved in the battle for Fuentes de Onoro?

3. What is Kiely's reaction to Juanita being caught by Sharpe?

4. What does Sharpe do when he hears Loup shouting out commands in the battle and what do the soldiers around them do?

5. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

6. What does Sharpe persuade Harper to do and why?

7. Who do Sharpe and Harper join in the first battle for the village and what happens to that person?

8. What do Sharpe and Donaju talk about while Sharpe is cutting his own hair?

9. How do Sharpe and his men help the southern troops?

10. Why is Sharpe being subjected to a board of inquiry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast the two people. Include in the discussion their type of leadership, their personality, their morals and whether you would like to serve under them.

1. Massena and Wellesley .

2. Harper and Sharpe.

3. Loup and Sharpe.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe's Battle is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Richard Sharpe is in some ways a larger-than-life hero. Despite incredible odds, he usually comes out on top, in Sharpe's Battle and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:

1. Does having a larger-than-life hero make that person less of a hero? In other words, which is more admirable--a hero who ultimately always "lands on his feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and doesn't always succeed?

2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.

3. Choose one other character besides Sharpe who you might call a hero/heroine and explain why you choose that person. Illustrate your statements with examples from the text.

4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.

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