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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. On what type of terms did Teresa and Sharpe part?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Madly in love.
(d) Acrimonious.

2. What is Sharpe's new assignment when he loses his command?
(a) Scouting and recon.
(b) Taking over fourth cavalry.
(c) Windham's aide-de-camp.
(d) Guarding the baggage train.

3. When did Hakeswill join the army?
(a) When he was drafted.
(b) When he was young.
(c) When he was middle aged.
(d) When a judge ordered him to join.

4. What do Colonel Lawford and Sharpe discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) The plans for the assault.
(b) Superstitions that soldiers hold.
(c) Their marriages.
(d) Religion.

5. From what country is Captain Leroy?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Sharpe about Lawford?

2. How much effort is needed for the forlorn hope to reach the base of the breach?

3. How many French soldiers does Teresa claim she has killed since last seeing Sharpe?

4. How long has Leroy known Sharpe?

5. What do Teresa and Sharpe talk about on the way to Badajoz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Captain Leroy and what kind of relationship does Sharpe have with him?

2. Who reports to Sharpe when reinforcements arrive for the battalion, what mistake does he make and what does he do after he is corrected?

3. What is Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1 and what is the ambiguity surrounding his rank?

4. Describe Hakeswill's character and why he is in the army.

5. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about during sex?

6. Who does Sharpe see in the new replacements that throws him off and what happens when he sees that person? How does he feel about the encounter?

7. Why are Sharpe and Harper relieved about their company's role in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo? What will their role be?

8. What does Teresa confess to Sharpe?

9. What does Sharpe do with his guerrilla friend?

10. What is Lawford and Sharpe's relationship and how do they interact?

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