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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe think will happen if Simmerson refuses to return his troops to their positions?
(a) They will all die.
(b) They will lose the king's colors.
(c) He will lose his rank.
(d) The Spanish will save them.

2. How does Sharpe almost die in this section?
(a) Simmerson tries to shoot him with his rifle.
(b) A French officer strikes him with his sword.
(c) Hill tries to stab him.
(d) Gibbons tries to trample him with his horse.

3. Which of the following is a definition of mutiny?
(a) Willfully disobeying orders.
(b) Striking an officer.
(c) Going AWOL.
(d) Oversleeping.

4. What is the name of the American historian on whom Sharpe says he relied heavily?
(a) Jac Weller.
(b) Nat Wheaton.
(c) Nick Crows.
(d) Peter Wallis.

5. What does the author say is rich and deep?
(a) The steak.
(b) The red wine.
(c) The coffee.
(d) The gravy.

6. Who does Simmerson think should have been given command of the British forces?
(a) Himself.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Hogan.
(d) His cousin.

7. What does Hogan think will happen to Sharpe if he kills Gibbons and Berry?
(a) He will be executed.
(b) He will be sent to prison.
(c) He will be lashed.
(d) He will be promoted.

8. What does Crauford say Sharpe would have deserved if he had not captured a French Eagle?
(a) Execution.
(b) An honorary knighthood.
(c) A flogging.
(d) Demotion to private.

9. Who does Sharpe promise Hogan he won't harm?
(a) Berry.
(b) Harper.
(c) Gibbons.
(d) Hardy.

10. What does a staff captain give Wellesley?
(a) A box.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A sword.
(d) A sealed paper.

11. Who does Sharpe first tell about Berry's death?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Harper.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Josephina.

12. Who orders Simmerson to return his troops to their positions?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Harper.
(c) General Hill.
(d) General Hogan.

13. In what condition are most of the men to whom Sharpe talks in the timber yard?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Drunk.
(d) High.

14. What does Simmerson say will happen to sixty men at 6pm?
(a) They will be sent home.
(b) They will be sent out scouting.
(c) They will be shot.
(d) They will be flogged.

15. Who sharpens Sharpe's sword for him?
(a) A private.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) An armorer.
(d) A servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wellesley say has failed the British on every promise?

2. Who thanks Sharpe at the end of Chapter Sixteen?

3. What does Wellesley present at the end of the Epilogue?

4. Who does Sharpe wish was there to hear Wellesley's toast?

5. What is the name of Josephina's servant?

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