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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is with Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Harper.

4. What is the name of Josephina's servant?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Agostino.
(c) Horace.
(d) Achilles.

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

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

7. Which of the following don't the British and French trade in this section?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wine.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Tobacco.

8. What is the name of the Spanish general?
(a) Cuesta.
(b) Escribiano.
(c) Domingez.
(d) Camilo.

9. What does Knowles want Sharpe to have if he is killed?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His watch.
(c) His rings.
(d) His necklace.

10. Who has Hill ordered to confront the mutinous troops?
(a) The Light Company.
(b) The King's Italian Legion.
(c) The King's German Legion.
(d) The Spanish Foresters.

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

12. What does Sharpe say will happen to the men if they mutiny?
(a) They will be sent home.
(b) They will be flogged twice.
(c) They wil lbe thrown into prison.
(d) They will be executed.

13. Why does Simmerson want to destroy the British forces apart from his own troops?
(a) To get his command.
(b) To create his own guerilla army.
(c) For revenge.
(d) To prove a point.

14. What favor does Josephina ask from Sharpe in this section?
(a) To take her back to Lisbon.
(b) To kill Gibbons and Berry.
(c) To write to her husband.
(d) To arrange for a band to play.

15. Who is hosting the dinner party?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Wellesley.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crauford say Sharpe would have deserved if he had not captured a French Eagle?

2. What does Hogan think will happen to Sharpe if he kills Gibbons and Berry?

3. Who does Sharpe think will want to revenge him?

4. Who does Sharpe first tell about Berry's death?

5. What general does Simmerson say he dislikes?

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