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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does one of the soldiers say he deserted?
(a) To get drunk.
(b) To join the French.
(c) To go home.
(d) To join the Spanish.

2. The young woman's horse has problems with what?
(a) Its food.
(b) The noise.
(c) Its horse shoe.
(d) Its blinkers.

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

4. Who has placed Hogan and Sharpe under arrest?
(a) Arthur Wellesey.
(b) Colonel Simmerson.
(c) Napolean.
(d) Lieutenant Gibbons.

5. What does Hogan say the deserters gave Simmerson a reason to do?
(a) Frame Sharpe.
(b) Blow up the bridge.
(c) Flog innocent soldiers.
(d) Contact his cousin.

6. How do the Spanish provoke the French in this section?
(a) They give them the finger.
(b) They charge at them.
(c) They fire at them.
(d) They call them names.

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

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

9. What is the name of the Spanish forces?
(a) The Regimientia de Barcelona.
(b) The Regimientia de Sevilla.
(c) The Regimientia de Santa Maria.
(d) The Regimientia de Madrid.

10. Where does Chapter Thirteen take place?
(a) A bar.
(b) Sharpe's room.
(c) A cellar.
(d) A cell.

11. What part of his body has one of the deserters lost?
(a) His nose.
(b) His arm.
(c) His hand.
(d) His foot.

12. 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.

13. What is Knowles' rank in the army?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Sergeant.

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

15. What kind of animal is the priest riding?
(a) A donkey.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A horse.
(d) A camel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are stocks?

3. What did Lawford teach Sharpe?

4. Who tells Sharpe he will ruin his career?

5. Why does Simmerson claim Sharpe is responsible for their loss against the French?

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