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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. With whom is Sharpe looking forward to spending the night in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Harper.
(b) Anna.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Hogan.

2. Which of Sharpe's friends dies in Chapter Eight?
(a) Captain Lennox.
(b) General Hogan.
(c) Sir Arthur Wellesey
(d) Sergeant Harper.

3. Who does Wellesley blame for the defeat?
(a) Shapre.
(b) Simmerson.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Gibbons.

4. What is Lennox's nationality?
(a) English.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) Welsh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan say the deserters gave Simmerson a reason to do?

2. What are stocks?

3. What does Lieutenant Gibbons ask Sharpe to surrender to him?

4. What is Sterritt's rank in the army?

5. Why does Sharpe think he can never have Josephina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Harper treating Sharpe's leg at the beginning of the novel?

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

3. Why is Simmerson a threat to Sharpe's career?

4. How does Sharpe know Lieutenant Colonel William Lawson?

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

6. What are Lennox's thought before he dies?

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

8. How is Sharpe's peace ruined in this section?

9. Why is Hogan worried about Sharpe in this section?

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

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