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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sharpe wish was there to hear Wellesley's toast?
(a) Pendleton.
(b) Josephina.
(c) Denny.
(d) Harper.

2. About what do Harper and Sharpe joke in this section?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) The French.
(c) High class officers.
(d) The French Eagle.

3. What is the name of the rifleman who has been killed?
(a) Tomkins.
(b) Pendlestone.
(c) Gataker.
(d) Hardy.

4. What are the Spanish supposed to do in Chapter Seventeen but don't?
(a) Release their prisoners.
(b) Fire their cannons at the French.
(c) Arrive at the British camp.
(d) Charge the French.

5. What do Sharpe and Josephina see piled up by a tree?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Wine bottles.
(c) Dead dogs.
(d) Severed limbs.

6. What does Wellesley say is worse than no army?
(a) A ghost army.
(b) A starving army.
(c) An exhausted army.
(d) An insane army.

7. Where does Simmerson want to send Sharpe?
(a) India.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) China.
(d) Singapore.

8. Where does Sharpe ask his troops to gather in ChapterFifteen?
(a) The hospital tent.
(b) The car park.
(c) His lodgings.
(d) The timber yard.

9. Who tells Sharpe that the South Essex are returning to battle?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) Denny.
(c) Berry.
(d) Pendleton.

10. What eventually helps the French to advance on the British in this section?
(a) A reserve French force.
(b) They shoot General Hill.
(c) The British run out of cannonballs.
(d) The Spanish run away.

11. What is Harper's first name?
(a) Hamish.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Dougal.
(d) Dermot.

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

13. What is Sharpe holding to Berry's neck at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) A knife.
(b) A piece of glass.
(c) A sword.
(d) A bayonet.

14. What is the problem the Spanish have caused the British in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) They will be fighting a French force with more powerful weapons.
(b) They will be fighting a larger French force.
(c) They will be fighting a livelier French force.
(d) They will be fighting a French force that is angrier than before.

15. Why can't Sharpe and his men see much of the battlefield?
(a) There is too much smoke.
(b) It is too misty.
(c) There are too many people.
(d) It is too dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Simmerson say the troops have to reassemble later that evening?

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

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

4. Who is with Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

5. What does Knowles want Sharpe to have if he is killed?

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