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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 the rifleman who has been killed?
(a) Tomkins.
(b) Gataker.
(c) Pendlestone.
(d) Hardy.

2. Whose biography did Lady Elizabeth Longford write?
(a) Cuesta's.
(b) Simmerson's.
(c) Wellington's.
(d) Napolean's.

3. What is Robert Crauford's nickname?
(a) Pistol Pete.
(b) Black Bob.
(c) Robotic.
(d) Binger.

4. About what do Harper and Sharpe joke in this section?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) High class officers.
(c) The French.
(d) The French Eagle.

5. What is the name of the American historian on whom Sharpe says he relied heavily?
(a) Peter Wallis.
(b) Jac Weller.
(c) Nick Crows.
(d) Nat Wheaton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Josephina ask from Sharpe in this section?

2. What is the name of the Spanish general?

3. What does the author say dances in the draught?

4. What frightens the Spanish troops in this section?

5. Who has Hill ordered to confront the mutinous troops?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe prepare for battle at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?

2. Why is Sharpe worried about Gibbons in this section?

3. Why does Sharpe think the battle will be his only chance to capture a French Eagle?

4. Summarize the novel.

5. Summarize the Historical Note section.

6. How does Sharpe make Knowles feel better in this section?

7. How does Sharpe almost die in Chapter Twenty-five?

8. Why does Sharpe disagree so strongly with Simmerson flogging his men?

9. What does Sharpe think about Josephina in the Epilogue?

10. What does Chapter Twenty say about Harper and Sharpe's relationship?

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