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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 Simmerson want to destroy the British forces apart from his own troops?
(a) To prove a point.
(b) To create his own guerilla army.
(c) For revenge.
(d) To get his command.

2. What is the name of Josephina's servant?
(a) Horace.
(b) Agostino.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Lucifer.

3. What favor does Josephina ask from Sharpe in this section?
(a) To write to her husband.
(b) To take her back to Lisbon.
(c) To arrange for a band to play.
(d) To kill Gibbons and Berry.

4. The troops waiting for what at the beginning of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Battle.
(b) General Wellesley's arrival.
(c) The executions.
(d) The King's arrival.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What general does Simmerson say he dislikes?

2. What does Simmerson say will happen to sixty men at 6pm?

3. What does Crauford say Sharpe would have deserved if he had not captured a French Eagle?

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

5. Who thanks Sharpe at the end of Chapter Sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight in Chapter Twenty-one.

2. How does Sharpe kill Berry?

3. Why does Sharpe think the battle will be his only chance to capture a French Eagle?

4. What do the French and British do in between fighting?

5. How does the Lieutenant Colonel save the situation that Simmerson has created?

6. Describe the battle to capture the French Eagle.

7. Why does Sharpe decide to do something daring in this section?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. How does Sharpe get Berry alone?

10. What problems have the Spanish caused the British in this section?

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