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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the French officer say Sharpe has one hour to do?
(a) Leave the area.
(b) Call in reinforcements.
(c) Get ready for another battle.
(d) Tend to the wounded.

2. What does Sharpe say will happen to anyone who breaks rank?
(a) They will be sent home.
(b) They will be shot.
(c) They will be lashed.
(d) They will be court marshalled.

3. Who does Sharpe arrest in Chapter Twelve?
(a) The deserters.
(b) Simmerson.
(c) French soldiers.
(d) Spanish soldiers.

4. What is Leroy's rank in the army?
(a) Captain.
(b) Major.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

5. About what does Wellesley warn Sharpe after Simmerson leaves?
(a) Simmerson may join the French army.
(b) Simmerson may overturn his promotion.
(c) Simmerson may sue Sharpe.
(d) Simmerson may try to kill him.

6. How does Sharpe help the woman?
(a) He removes the horse's shoe.
(b) He tells his men to stop shooting.
(c) He adjusts the horse's blinkers.
(d) He feeds the horse.

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

8. To whom is Sharpe talking at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) Forrest.
(b) Josephina.
(c) Harper.
(d) Gibbons.

9. What does Harper throw to Pendleton?
(a) His pack.
(b) His sword.
(c) His Bible.
(d) His rifle.

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

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

12. What does the French officer say the British are unlucky to have?
(a) Arthur Wellesey.
(b) British food.
(c) The Spanish troops.
(d) Colonel Simmerson.

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

14. Who does Sharpe see running out of the building?
(a) Josephina.
(b) Annie.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) Hogan.

15. What does the lieutenant use to hit Sharpe in the face?
(a) A saddle.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A whip.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Sharpe give the French officer for crossing the bridge?

2. Why does Harper go to the river in this section?

3. What does Hogan say the deserters gave Simmerson a reason to do?

4. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?

5. What is the name of Wellesley's temporary headquarters?

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