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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what have the troops exchanged their ammunition?

2. What is Captain Hogan's mission in this novel?

3. In which country was Sir Arthur Wellesey born?

4. What will be the deserter's punishment?

5. What is Sharpe's rank at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

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

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

4. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

5. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Sharpe meet Lieutenant Gibbons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems do Simmerson and Sharpe have with each other? In what way could it said they are both at fault? Is there any way they could work together?

Essay Topic 2

How has the army helped Sharpe? What kind of person does the novel suggest he would have become if he remained a civilian?

Essay Topic 3

What problems does Simmerson buying his rank cause the army in general? How does the army try to safeguard such people?

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