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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes with Sharpe and Hogan to help Josefina?
(a) Berry.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Forrest.
(d) Wellesley.

2. What is the name of the French light infantry?
(a) Chasseur.
(b) Corneo.
(c) Cheval.
(d) Coolio.

3. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?
(a) A stream.
(b) A lake.
(c) Horse hay.
(d) Horse dung.

4. With whom is Sharpe looking forward to spending the night in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Anna.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Harper.
(d) Josephina.

5. Why do Gibbons and Berry say they attacked Josephine?
(a) She stole from them.
(b) She swore at them.
(c) She is a spy.
(d) She owes them money.

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

7. For what have the troops exchanged their ammunition?
(a) Wine.
(b) Smokes.
(c) Beer.
(d) Women.

8. What do the French capture from the British in Chapter Seven?
(a) A tent.
(b) A flag.
(c) Rifles.
(d) A cannon.

9. Simmerson tells Sharpe he comes from where?
(a) The gutter.
(b) The orphanage.
(c) The sewers.
(d) A common home.

10. Wellesey is wise in the ways of what?
(a) The commoner.
(b) Women.
(c) Spanish culture.
(d) Diplomacy.

11. What does Simmerson challenge Sharpe to train his troops to do?
(a) Speak Spanish in two weeks.
(b) Shoot three rounds a minute.
(c) Tailor their own uniforms.
(d) Run a four minute mile.

12. What does Forrest say he once suppressed in Chelmsford?
(a) A food riot.
(b) A workers' strike.
(c) A Mayday riot.
(d) A political demonstration.

13. To which member of his family does Simmerson say he will write?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His cousin.

14. What does Harper say the ox-carts axles creak like?
(a) Women.
(b) Banshees.
(c) Babies.
(d) Wolves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper throw to Pendleton?

2. Where are the official army headquarters?

3. How does Sharpe help the woman?

4. What does the French officer say the British are unlucky to have?

5. For what is Sharpe looking in the town before he meets a lieutenant from the South Essex?

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