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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harper believe?
(a) That the British cannot possibly pull off a victory.
(b) That the French are feinting.
(c) That Sharpe is dead.
(d) That Richard Sharpe is still alive.

2. Why does Sharpe leave Burgos?
(a) To return to England.
(b) To go to Spain.
(c) To find Angel.
(d) To walk to Vitoria.

3. Why does Joseph Bonaparte need this victory?
(a) To conquer Portugal.
(b) To get back into the good graces of the Spanish people.
(c) To secure his throne.
(d) To impress a potential wife.

4. In whose honor do the men take the village?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Harper.
(d) Leroy.

5. Where do Sharpe and Helene stop?
(a) At a small inn.
(b) At a friend of Helene's house.
(c) In a large city at a hostel.
(d) In the forest at a hunting lodge.

6. Why does La Marquesa want Sharpe to escape?
(a) To bring a rescue force.
(b) To go rescue her daughter.
(c) To warn Wellington about the treaty.
(d) So Sharpe is not executed.

7. What does Sharpe wonder about Ducos?
(a) Why he kills General Verigny.
(b) Why he rescued Sharpe.
(c) Why he frames Sharpe.
(d) Why he kills La Marquesa.

8. What does Sharpe boil for Helene's skin?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) Grease.
(c) Tree sap.
(d) Aloe vera.

9. Why does Helene have to stop for the night?
(a) She is saddlesore.
(b) She is too tired.
(c) She is too sad.
(d) She has hurt her foot.

10. What does Sharpe do when La Marquesa visits him?
(a) Holds her hostage.
(b) Makes love with her.
(c) She is not allowed to visit him.
(d) Slaps her.

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

12. Why do they encourage Sharpe to offer his parole?
(a) Because it is unthinkable for an officer to be treated as a criminal.
(b) To find out if his handwriting matches that of a letter they have from Sharpe.
(c) The do not care if Sharpe offers his parole.
(d) To see if he is really honorable.

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

14. In what is Marshal Jourdan confident?
(a) His sharpshooters.
(b) His field artillery.
(c) A French victory.
(d) His dragoons.

15. What does Helene claim to Sharpe about the letter she wrote?
(a) She didn't know it would get him in trouble.
(b) She didn't write it.
(c) She wanted him to get arrested.
(d) She had a gun to her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does La Marquesa do when French gunfire begins?

2. What does Sharpe wish La Marquesa could do?

3. What does Marshal Jourdan believe is a feint?

4. What does the Battalion do when they finally recognize Sharpe?

5. What does Hogan not believe about Sharpe?

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