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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Harper's first name?
(a) Dermot.
(b) Hamish.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Dougal.

2. Who does Sharpe think will want to revenge him?
(a) Josephina.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Simmerson.
(d) Gibbons.

3. What kind of bird does Harper see fly down near the stream?
(a) A dove.
(b) A starling.
(c) A blackbird.
(d) A magpie.

4. Why can't Sharpe and his men see much of the battlefield?
(a) There are too many people.
(b) It is too dark.
(c) It is too misty.
(d) There is too much smoke.

5. What is the name of Josephina's servant?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Agostino.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Horace.

6. What is the name of the rifleman who has been killed?
(a) Pendlestone.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Tomkins.
(d) Gataker.

7. Where does Simmerson want to send Sharpe?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) Singapore.
(c) India.
(d) China.

8. Which of the following don't the British and French trade in this section?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Coffee.

9. Who thanks Sharpe at the end of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) Hill.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Huckfield.

10. What are the French and British supposed to be doing during the trading?
(a) Collecting their dead and wounded.
(b) Shooting each other.
(c) Writing home to their families.
(d) Preparing a meal.

11. What does Sharpe say his men can do if they decide to help him capture the French Eagle?
(a) Go back to camp.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Cover them.
(d) Join the South Essex.

12. What general does Simmerson say he dislikes?
(a) Harper.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) Hogan.

13. Who tells Sharpe that the South Essex are returning to battle?
(a) Denny.
(b) Berry.
(c) Simmerson.
(d) Pendleton.

14. What is Claud Hardy's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sergeant.

15. What is the name of the Spanish general?
(a) Escribiano.
(b) Camilo.
(c) Domingez.
(d) Cuesta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sharpe's company?

2. For what is Bob Crauford known in the army?

3. Who does Crauford say should not marry?

4. For what does Simmerson say the troops have to reassemble later that evening?

5. Why does Sharpe order Denny not to join him?

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