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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. Why does Sharpe think there will be no fighting between the French and the British in Chapter Six?
(a) They are just parading their wares to each other.
(b) Both sides are too tired.
(c) It would not be avantageous to either side.
(d) The French are cowards.

2. What do Sharpe and his men now have the materials to do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Defeat the French.
(b) Set up camp.
(c) Fix the bridge.
(d) Help the wounded.

3. What does Harper tell the men they cannot do unless ordered?
(a) Break rank.
(b) Fire their crossbows.
(c) Fire their guns.
(d) Charge.

4. What is Captain Hogan's mission in this novel?
(a) To destroy a bridge.
(b) To kill Napolean.
(c) To rescue prisoners of war.
(d) To blow up the French embassy.

5. What is the name of the French light infantry?
(a) Chasseur.
(b) Coolio.
(c) Corneo.
(d) Cheval.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what rank does Wellesey promote Sharpe?

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

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

4. What kind of animal is the priest riding?

5. Wellesey is wise in the ways of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Henry Simmerson treat his men?

3. What does the reader learn about Harper in this section?

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

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

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

7. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

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

9. How does Sharpe meet Lieutenant Gibbons?

10. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

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