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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Albe de Tormes?
(a) A harbor.
(b) A city.
(c) A ship.
(d) An old castle.

2. Where does Sharpe first shoot Leroux?
(a) His leg.
(b) His back.
(c) His chest.
(d) His arm.

3. Why does Sharpe not leave with the rest of his unit?
(a) He wants one more night with Helena.
(b) He is on a mission.
(c) Hogan told him to come the next week.
(d) He is not healed yet.

4. Whose horse does Harper ride?
(a) Wellington's.
(b) Spears's.
(c) Hogand's.
(d) Helena's.

5. What command does Sharpe overtake when he gets to the battle?
(a) The Horse Brigade.
(b) The Front Lines.
(c) The Light Company.
(d) The Heavy artillery.

6. Spears knows Helena's identity because ______________.
(a) He killed her parents.
(b) He had been in a relationship with her.
(c) He read it in a secret message.
(d) He had been a prisoner of Leroux's.

7. Whom does Sharpe watch through the telescope at Arapiles?
(a) Harper.
(b) Helena.
(c) Montmount.
(d) Wellington.

8. Why is Sharpe told not to fight?
(a) He doesn't have the full plan.
(b) The French think he is with them.
(c) His wound could reopen.
(d) He is to guard El Mirador.

9. Why does Sharpe ride around the French cavalry?
(a) He is chasing Leroux.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He is following orders.
(d) He is not good at riding.

10. How does Spears react when he hears Sharpe knows of his mission?
(a) He is amused.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is happy.

11. What does Leroux refuse to do when face to face with Sharpe?
(a) Give up the papers.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Fight.
(d) Reveal his full name.

12. What does Hogan say about Sharpe's relationship with Helena?
(a) He is grateful.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is not surprised.

13. Where is Hogan when Sharpe finds him in Arapiles?
(a) The riverbed.
(b) A farmhouse.
(c) An inn.
(d) The military headquarters.

14. What does Sharpe call Leroux when Hogan asks about his death?
(a) Young.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Evil.
(d) Stupid.

15. What disease does Spears have?
(a) Consumption.
(b) The Plague.
(c) The Black Lion.
(d) Typhus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe get to the battle he is told not to join?

2. Why is Sharpe surprised to hear that Helena was assigned a guard?

3. How does Hogan feel when he sees Sharpe in Arapiles?

4. Why does Spears say he never betrayed El Mirador?

5. The British Army pretends they are retreating to _____________.

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