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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Harper use to clean out Sharpe's wound?
(a) Worms.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Flies.

3. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?
(a) Strip Sharpe of his rank.
(b) Assassinate Wellesley.
(c) Write to his powerful friends.
(d) Commit suicide.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Wellesey say people think he is running instead of an army?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A bar.
(d) A brothel.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How is Gibbons related to Simmerson?
(a) His son-in-law.
(b) His son.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His nephew.

15. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) The French Guards.
(b) The Coldstone Guards.
(c) The 97th Riflemen.
(d) The South Essex Troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal is the priest riding?

2. What are stocks?

3. Who does Wellesley blame for the defeat?

4. What is the name of Sharpe's regiment?

5. What is Sharpe's rank at the beginning of the novel?

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