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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. Why does Sharpe think there will be no fighting between the French and the British in Chapter Six?
(a) The French are cowards.
(b) Both sides are too tired.
(c) They are just parading their wares to each other.
(d) It would not be avantageous to either side.

2. What does Sharpe have to do to Berry and Gibbons to get the truth from them?
(a) Plead with them.
(b) Give them drink.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Threaten them.

3. Who does Sharpe arrest in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Spanish soldiers.
(b) The deserters.
(c) Simmerson.
(d) French soldiers.

4. What part of his body has one of the deserters lost?
(a) His foot.
(b) His arm.
(c) His nose.
(d) His hand.

5. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?
(a) Horse dung.
(b) A stream.
(c) Horse hay.
(d) A lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wellesey say people think he is running instead of an army?

2. What is the name of the regiment Sir Henry Simmerson commands?

3. What will be the deserter's punishment?

4. What best describes Sharpe's life before he joined the army?

5. What does Sharpe offer to Josefina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Simmerson a threat to Sharpe's career?

2. Why does Sharpe wish the deserters had not been so honest?

3. Why is Hogan worried about Sharpe in this section?

4. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

5. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

6. How is Harper treating Sharpe's leg at the beginning of the novel?

7. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

8. How do the South Essex and Spanish troops unnecessarily start a fight in this section?

9. How does the relationship between Josephina and Sharpe develop in this section?

10. Why does Sharpe think the French will not attack them in Chapter Six?

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