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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. In which city did Josefina meet Gibbons?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Lima.
(d) Madrid.

2. What does the French officer say Sharpe has one hour to do?
(a) Call in reinforcements.
(b) Get ready for another battle.
(c) Leave the area.
(d) Tend to the wounded.

3. To whom is Sharpe talking at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) Harper.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Gibbons.

4. With what does Sharpe promise Lennox he would replace the regiments lost colors?
(a) A French buffet.
(b) A French flag.
(c) A French Eagle.
(d) A French cannon.

5. What does Simmerson challenge Sharpe to train his troops to do?
(a) Tailor their own uniforms.
(b) Shoot three rounds a minute.
(c) Speak Spanish in two weeks.
(d) Run a four minute mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Spanish march over the bridge?

2. Wellesey is wise in the ways of what?

3. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?

4. How does the author describe the priest's Spanish?

5. Simmerson tells Sharpe he comes from where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

4. Why does Sharpe think the French will not attack them in Chapter Six?

5. Why does Sharpe wish the deserters had not been so honest?

6. How does Sharpe meet the young woman in this section?

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

8. How does Henry Simmerson treat his men?

9. What problems do the Spanish troops cause the British in this section?

10. What offer does the French make to Sharpe in this section?

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