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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 kind of soup is Sharpe sipping down?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Tomato soup.
(c) Goulash soup.
(d) Beef soup.

2. What problem does Harper describe to Sharpe?
(a) Simmerson is arranging to flog Sharpe.
(b) Josephina has switched alliances to the French.
(c) The men are refusing to agree to the floggings.
(d) The French are marching towards them.

3. In what condition are most of the men to whom Sharpe talks in the timber yard?
(a) High.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Drunk.

4. About what do Harper and Sharpe joke in this section?
(a) The French Eagle.
(b) Simmerson.
(c) The French.
(d) High class officers.

5. What have the Spanish decided to do rather than fight?
(a) Eat.
(b) Make friends.
(c) Drink.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a staff captain give Wellesley?

2. What does Wellesley say is worse than no army?

3. Who does Sharpe see sneaking through the darkness in this section?

4. What has Sharpe gotten that Gibbons wants?

5. How does Sharpe almost die in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight in Chapter Twenty-one.

2. Summarize the Historical Note section.

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

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

5. What does Josephina ask from Sharpe in this section?

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

7. How does Sharpe get Berry alone?

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

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

10. Summarize the novel.

(see the answer keys)

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