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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. What do Teresa and Sharpe do after dinner?
(a) Leave for their respective sleeping areas.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Talk and have sex.
(d) Go and look for Hogan.

2. Who is with Teresa in the tavern?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A friend, Sharpe's rival.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her guerrilla fighters.

3. How does Sharpe pass his time in Spain in Chapter 1?
(a) Thinking about his past.
(b) Guarding the baggage train.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Gambling.

4. Whose side of the war is Teresa helping?
(a) Russia.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Prussia.

5. How long has Leroy known Sharpe?
(a) They met as recruits in the army.
(b) Never met him.
(c) Several years.
(d) About ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what type of terms did Teresa and Sharpe part?

2. As the British are marching to Badajoz what slows their progress?

3. Why is Sharpe's back heavily scarred?

4. Why does Sharpe think his future is doubtful?

5. Who does Sharpe see marching towards him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of obstacle does the River Guadiana pose for the British and how do they surmount it?

2. 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?

3. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about during sex?

4. What happens to Sharpe's and Teresa's relationship when the army leaves for Badajoz? Where will Teresa be staying in Badajoz? Upon what is she counting on from Sharpe?

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

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

7. Why is Sharpe's back scarred?

8. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and what does Lawford tell him?

9. What does Teresa confess to Sharpe?

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

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