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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. How will it help the Spanish king if Sharpe gets word to Wellington?
(a) It will harm the Spanish king.
(b) The king will be released.
(c) The king's family will no longer be in danger.
(d) The king will not be blamed for breaking the treaty.

2. What does Hogan not believe about Sharpe?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he is having an affair with Helene.
(c) That he deserted his position.
(d) That he killed the Marques.

3. Why is Ducos happy as he flees?
(a) He thinks Sharpe is dead.
(b) He wants the British to win.
(c) His treaty will save France.
(d) He can see Helene.

4. Why is Sharpe's name purposefully misspelled on his parole form?
(a) So the English do not know who he is.
(b) So the French do not learn who he is.
(c) So that it is not legally binding.
(d) The clerk is sloppy.

5. What do the British troops do after the battle at Burgos?
(a) Return to England.
(b) Pursue the French.
(c) Return to Spain.
(d) Dig in fortifications in Burgos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when La Marquesa visits him?

2. Against what does Sharpe weigh being with Helene?

3. What does Marshal Jourdan believe is a feint?

4. Where do they say Sharpe can travel is he is incapable of riding a horse?

5. Why does Sharpe remain a guarded prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sharpe and Patrick return to La Marquesa's wagons, what does Sharpe see and what does he do?

2. What happens when Sharpe arrives at the Fifth Division?

3. What does the Fifth Division do in the battle of Vitoria and what happens to Leroy?

4. Of what does Sharpe remind Helene and what does she tell him to say to the French?

5. What do the British do when they arrive at Vitoria and how do they feel about what they are facing?

6. How does Sharpe escape from Verigny?

7. What does La Marquesa tell Sharpe in Chapter Sixteen about his situation and what does she and Montbrun want Sharpe to do?

8. How do the French feel before the battle of Vitoria?

9. About what do Harper and d'Alembord have a bet concerning Sharpe?

10. What does Helene tell Sharpe about the plot against Sharpe and how does he feel about it?

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