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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 appalls General Verigny?
(a) That Sharpe kills two men.
(b) That Sharpe is not who he first said he was.
(c) The way Sharpe is treated.
(d) That Ducos has been too easy on Sharpe.

2. Who does Sharpe almost encounter as he is walking?
(a) Helene.
(b) Hogan.
(c) General Verigny.
(d) El Matarife.

3. Why does Helene shoot people around her wagon?
(a) They were going to rape her.
(b) They were going to kidnap her.
(c) They were trying to steal from her.
(d) They were going to take her back to the convent.

4. What does Sharpe blame for his current predicament?
(a) His stupidity in rescuing Angel.
(b) His poor judgment in fighting a duel.
(c) A betrayal by one of his best friends.
(d) His stupidity in rescuing La Marquesa.

5. What does General Verigny ask of Sharpe?
(a) His parole.
(b) His signature on the prisoners exchange document.
(c) His sword.
(d) His advice about La Marquesa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe have Helene do for the problem in question # 89?

2. Against what does Sharpe weigh being with Helene?

3. Why does Sharpe not like the idea of a prisoner exchange?

4. Who leads the Fifth Division?

5. How will it help the Spanish king if Sharpe gets word to Wellington?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe escape from Verigny?

2. What does General Verigny ask from Sharpe and what is his response?

3. Why does Sharpe call for a bath and what does Helene ask of him?

4. What does Sharpe do when el Matarife shows up at the inn? How does that end?

5. What does La Marquesa do at the start of the battle of Vitoria and who protects her and why was he chosen?

6. In what shape is Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen and what does he think about?

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

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

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

10. What does Hogan learn about the explosion, what does he think and what is the Spanish family doing with him?

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