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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the Spanish react to their fright?
(a) They fire their muskets.
(b) They jump into the river.
(c) They run away.
(d) They fire their cannon.

3. What is Bob Crauford's rank in the army?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) General.

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

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

6. Who interrupts Sharpe from his paperwork?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Harper.

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

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

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

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

11. What is Simmerson doing on the hilltop?
(a) Setting a cannon.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Giving orders to Gibbons.
(d) Loading his rifle.

12. Who does Sharpe hear has been shot, but is still alive?
(a) Lawford.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Harper.
(d) Knowles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Spanish decided to do rather than fight?

2. What is the rank of the man who relieves Simmerson of his command?

3. What is the name of the rifleman who has been killed?

4. About whom does Hogan want to give Sharpe news in Chapter Twenty-two?

5. Who will pick the men to be punished?

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