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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sharpe see sneaking through the darkness in this section?
(a) Gibbons and Berry.
(b) French troops.
(c) Spanish troops.
(d) Hogan and Harper.

2. About what theater does Hill tell Sharpe?
(a) Drury Lane.
(b) The Globe.
(c) Shady Lane.
(d) The Mitte.

3. What does Knowles want Sharpe to have if he is killed?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His necklace.
(c) His rings.
(d) His watch.

4. Why does Sharpe say Josephina is safe in this section?
(a) She is in a locked room.
(b) She has gone to the British Embassy.
(c) She is with Harper.
(d) She has gone back to Lisbon.

5. Who interrupts Sharpe from his paperwork?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Simmerson.
(d) Harper.

6. Who does Wellesley say has failed the British on every promise?
(a) The French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Russians.

7. What is the name of the American historian on whom Sharpe says he relied heavily?
(a) Jac Weller.
(b) Peter Wallis.
(c) Nat Wheaton.
(d) Nick Crows.

8. Why can't Sharpe and his men see much of the battlefield?
(a) There is too much smoke.
(b) There are too many people.
(c) It is too misty.
(d) It is too dark.

9. Whose biography did Lady Elizabeth Longford write?
(a) Cuesta's.
(b) Wellington's.
(c) Simmerson's.
(d) Napolean's.

10. Who is hosting the dinner party?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) Hill.

11. Who does Sharpe first tell about Berry's death?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Harper.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Gibbons.

12. In what condition are Berry and Gibbons in this section?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Drunk.
(c) High.
(d) Depressed.

13. What does Sharpe think will happen if Simmerson refuses to return his troops to their positions?
(a) They will all die.
(b) They will lose the king's colors.
(c) He will lose his rank.
(d) The Spanish will save them.

14. Sharpe spends his time working on what before the flogging?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Recruiting men.
(c) Administrative duties.
(d) Organizing a mutiny.

15. What is Sharpe holding to Berry's neck at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) A piece of glass.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sword.
(d) A bayonet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rank of the man who relieves Simmerson of his command?

2. What does Hogan think will happen to Sharpe if he kills Gibbons and Berry?

3. Into hat kind of glasses has the wine been poured at the beginning of the Epilogue?

4. For what does Simmerson say the troops have to reassemble later that evening?

5. What is Claud Hardy's rank in the army?

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