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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do the British trade with the French in this section?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Women.
(d) Jokes.

3. Why does Sharpe order Denny not to join him?
(a) So he can experience his seventeenth birthday.
(b) So he can meet his newly-born child.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He has French parents.

4. Who thanks Sharpe at the end of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Hill.
(b) Simmerson.
(c) Huckfield.
(d) Hogan.

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

6. What have the Spanish decided to do rather than fight?
(a) Drink.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Make friends.

7. What does Sharpe say his men can do if they decide to help him capture the French Eagle?
(a) Join the South Essex.
(b) Cover them.
(c) Kill themselves.
(d) Go back to camp.

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

9. Who does Sharpe see on horseback keeping away from the fighting?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Berry.
(c) Jacobs.
(d) Pietersen.

10. What general does Simmerson say he dislikes?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Harper.
(c) Hardy.
(d) Wellesley.

11. How do Gibbons and Berry react when Sharpe asks if the men have stopped for refreshments?
(a) They cry.
(b) They vomit.
(c) They scream.
(d) They laugh.

12. What does Simmerson order his troops to do near the beginning of Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Charge the Spanish.
(b) Charge the French.
(c) Kill Sharpe on sight.
(d) March away from their formation.

13. What has Sharpe gotten that Gibbons wants?
(a) Josephina.
(b) A promotion.
(c) Administration duties.
(d) Home leave.

14. In what condition are Berry and Gibbons in this section?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Depressed.
(d) High.

15. Sharpe spends his time working on what before the flogging?
(a) Administrative duties.
(b) Recruiting men.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Organizing a mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe witness getting killed in this section?

2. What does Sharpe think the battle is his last chance to capture?

3. What kind of bird does Harper see fly down near the stream?

4. Whose biography did Lady Elizabeth Longford write?

5. Into hat kind of glasses has the wine been poured at the beginning of the Epilogue?

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