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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Simmerson say the troops have to reassemble later that evening?
(a) Battle.
(b) Drill.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Prayers.

2. Who does Simmerson think should have been given command of the British forces?
(a) His cousin.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Himself.
(d) Hogan.

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

4. What are the Spanish supposed to do in Chapter Seventeen but don't?
(a) Fire their cannons at the French.
(b) Release their prisoners.
(c) Arrive at the British camp.
(d) Charge the French.

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

6. What does Hogan think will happen to Sharpe if he kills Gibbons and Berry?
(a) He will be promoted.
(b) He will be executed.
(c) He will be sent to prison.
(d) He will be lashed.

7. Where does Sharpe ask his troops to gather in ChapterFifteen?
(a) The hospital tent.
(b) His lodgings.
(c) The timber yard.
(d) The car park.

8. For what is Bob Crauford known in the army?
(a) His strict discipline.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His womanizing.
(d) His humor.

9. Who does Sharpe hear has been shot, but is still alive?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Harper.
(c) Lawford.
(d) Knowles.

10. What do Sharpe and Josephina see piled up by a tree?
(a) Wine bottles.
(b) Severed limbs.
(c) Dead dogs.
(d) Gold coins.

11. Who does Sharpe see sneaking through the darkness in this section?
(a) Hogan and Harper.
(b) Gibbons and Berry.
(c) French troops.
(d) Spanish troops.

12. What is Bob Crauford's rank in the army?
(a) General.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Colonel.

13. What does Simmerson think that people don't recognize about him?
(a) His inner beauty.
(b) His military brilliance.
(c) His love of Britain.
(d) His fun-loving nature.

14. What was the name of the officer who relieved Simmerson of his command?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Hill.
(c) Lawford.
(d) Wellesley.

15. What does Sharpe think the battle is his last chance to capture?
(a) The French Eagle.
(b) A French prisoner of war.
(c) A French cannon.
(d) The French flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wellesley say is worse than no army?

2. Who does Sharpe witness getting killed in this section?

3. What does Wellesley present at the end of the Epilogue?

4. What has Sharpe gotten that Gibbons wants?

5. What is Hill's nickname?

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