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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Wellesley warn Sharpe after Simmerson leaves?
(a) Simmerson may overturn his promotion.
(b) Simmerson may sue Sharpe.
(c) Simmerson may join the French army.
(d) Simmerson may try to kill him.

2. What does Wellesey say people think he is running instead of an army?
(a) A bar.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A brothel.

3. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Assassinate Wellesley.
(c) Write to his powerful friends.
(d) Strip Sharpe of his rank.

4. What is the name of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) The South London Regiment.
(b) The South Essex Regiment.
(c) The 95th Rifles.
(d) The 62nd Battalion.

5. Who tells Sharpe he will ruin his career?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Wellesey.
(c) Simmerson.
(d) Hogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harper go to the river in this section?

2. For what is Sharpe looking in the town before he meets a lieutenant from the South Essex?

3. Who does Wellesley blame for the defeat?

4. What is the name of the French light infantry?

5. What does Sharpe order his soldiers to use as a target?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is capturing the French Eagle so important to Sharpe's career?

2. How do the South Essex and Spanish troops unnecessarily start a fight in this section?

3. How does Sharpe know Lieutenant Colonel William Lawson?

4. How do Simmerson and the Spanish jeopardize the mission at the start of Chapter Six?

5. How do things improve for Sharpe and his men at the end of Chapter Nine?

6. What problems has Simmerson caused Sharpe in this section?

7. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

8. How does Sharpe react to the situation with Josephina in Chapter Eleven?

9. How does Sharpe prove Simmerson wrong in Chapter Three?

10. Why does Sharpe find it difficult to arrest the deserters?

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