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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal is the priest riding?
(a) A camel.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A horse.

2. Who goes with Sharpe and Hogan to help Josefina?
(a) Forrest.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Berry.
(d) Wellesley.

3. Who does Wellesley blame for the defeat?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Shapre.

4. How is Gibbons related to Simmerson?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His son.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His son-in-law.

5. What does Hogan joke he can do now the Spanish have arrived?
(a) Win the war.
(b) Sleep at night.
(c) Take out his anger.
(d) Go to bed.

6. What is Lawford's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) General Major.

7. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?
(a) Horse hay.
(b) A stream.
(c) A lake.
(d) Horse dung.

8. What is the name of Wellesley's temporary headquarters?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) Wellington Castle.
(c) Marabel Palace.
(d) Hopper Castle.

9. What is Lennox's nationality?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Welsh.
(d) English.

10. Why does Simmerson claim Sharpe is responsible for their loss against the French?
(a) He blew up the bridge.
(b) He refused to follow his orders.
(c) He failed to send out his riflemen.
(d) He charged at the Spanish.

11. What does Josephina claim the two men have tried to do to her?
(a) Rape her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Torture her.

12. What is the name of the French light infantry?
(a) Coolio.
(b) Cheval.
(c) Chasseur.
(d) Corneo.

13. Tthe French eagles are mounted on top of what?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Tents.
(c) Poles.
(d) Totems.

14. What does Sharpe order his soldiers to use as a target?
(a) Simmerson's tent.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A fence post.
(d) Their stocks.

15. What does Sharpe offer to Josefina?
(a) His jacket.
(b) Wine.
(c) Some money.
(d) His quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are stocks?

2. What is Captain Hogan's mission in this novel?

3. Wellesey is wise in the ways of what?

4. Of what does the author say many will die in the days ahead?

5. What does Lawson tell Sharpe has never been done?

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