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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a definition of mutiny?

2. How does Sharpe almost die in this section?

3. What has happened to Josephina in Chapter Nineteen?

4. Who is hosting the dinner party?

5. What does Sharpe think the battle is his last chance to capture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the fight in Chapter Twenty-one.

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

4. How does Sharpe organize the troops before Hill's arrival?

5. What is Wellesley's opinion of the Spanish?

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

7. How does Simmerson try to involve everyone in his plan to punish the men?

8. Why does Sharpe decide to do something daring in this section?

9. How does the Lieutenant Colonel save the situation that Simmerson has created?

10. Why does Sharpe worry about Josephina's safety in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Sharpe's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Sharpe's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does Sharpe's Eagle add to Sharpe's character?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

What problems does Simmerson buying his rank cause the army in general? How does the army try to safeguard such people?

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