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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Hogan's rank?
(a) General.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Lieutenant.

3. Why does Sharpe think he can never have Josephina?
(a) He does not have the financial means.
(b) He is too common.
(c) She does not love him.
(d) He cannot help her escape.

4. What are stocks?
(a) Leather collars.
(b) Elbow guards.
(c) Wooden crutches.
(d) Knee guards.

5. What does Lawson tell Sharpe has never been done?
(a) A commoner rising to through the ranks.
(b) Defeating the Spanish.
(c) Taking an eagle from the French.
(d) Getting into Napolean's estate.

6. What do Sharpe and his men now have the materials to do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Defeat the French.
(b) Fix the bridge.
(c) Set up camp.
(d) Help the wounded.

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

8. From what does the author say Josephina is running away?
(a) The Spanish government.
(b) The police.
(c) An abusive father.
(d) A bad marriage.

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

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

11. What does Lawford tell Sharpe the Spanish are still doing?
(a) Training.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Studying.

12. Which of Sharpe's friends dies in Chapter Eight?
(a) Captain Lennox.
(b) General Hogan.
(c) Sir Arthur Wellesey
(d) Sergeant Harper.

13. What is Wellesey's rank in the army?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

14. What is Lawford's rank in the army?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Captain.
(c) General Major.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe have to do to Berry and Gibbons to get the truth from them?

2. What does Lawford tell Sharpe that he really must buy?

3. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?

4. Why does Sharpe think there will be no fighting between the French and the British in Chapter Six?

5. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?

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