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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 name of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) The 95th Rifles.
(b) The South London Regiment.
(c) The 62nd Battalion.
(d) The South Essex Regiment.

2. For what have the troops exchanged their ammunition?
(a) Women.
(b) Wine.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Beer.

3. Tthe French eagles are mounted on top of what?
(a) Tents.
(b) Cannons.
(c) Totems.
(d) Poles.

4. The young woman's horse has problems with what?
(a) Its food.
(b) Its blinkers.
(c) Its horse shoe.
(d) The noise.

5. What does the French officer say the British are unlucky to have?
(a) The Spanish troops.
(b) Arthur Wellesey.
(c) Colonel Simmerson.
(d) British food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe order his soldiers to use as a target?

2. Why is Simmerson furious at Sharpe?

3. What part of his body has one of the deserters lost?

4. Who tells Sharpe he will ruin his career?

5. What kind of animal is the priest riding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Simmerson and the Spanish jeopardize the mission at the start of Chapter Six?

4. How does Sharpe react to the situation with Josephina in Chapter Eleven?

5. How do things improve for Sharpe and his men at the end of Chapter Nine?

6. What are Lennox's thought before he dies?

7. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

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

9. What offer does the French make to Sharpe in this section?

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

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