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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. What is the rank of the man who relieves Simmerson of his command?
(a) A lieutenant colonel.
(b) A major.
(c) A general.
(d) A sergeant.

2. What was the name of the officer who relieved Simmerson of his command?
(a) Hill.
(b) Hogan.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) Lawford.

3. Why does Sharpe order Denny not to join him?
(a) So he can experience his seventeenth birthday.
(b) So he can meet his newly-born child.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He has French parents.

4. What does Simmerson order his troops to do near the beginning of Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Charge the Spanish.
(b) March away from their formation.
(c) Kill Sharpe on sight.
(d) Charge the French.

5. What has happened to Josephina in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) She has been drugged.
(b) She has been shot.
(c) She has been killed.
(d) She has been raped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

2. What kind of bird does Harper see fly down near the stream?

3. What kind of soup is Sharpe sipping down?

4. Whose biography did Lady Elizabeth Longford write?

5. What is the name of the rifleman who has been killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe think about Josephina in the Epilogue?

2. How does Sharpe almost die in Chapter Twenty-five?

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

4. What does Chapter Twenty say about Harper and Sharpe's relationship?

5. How does Sharpe make Knowles feel better in this section?

6. Summarize the novel.

7. With what problem does Chapter Twenty-five open?

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

9. How does Hill react to seeing the men in formation?

10. How does Simmerson try to involve everyone in his plan to punish the men?

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