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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. What does Harper tell the men they cannot do unless ordered?

2. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?

3. What does Sharpe offer to Josefina?

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

5. Why do Gibbons and Berry say they attacked Josephine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sharpe's peace ruined in this section?

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

3. How does Sharpe meet Lieutenant Gibbons?

4. How do the South Essex and Spanish troops unnecessarily start a fight in this section?

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

6. How does Wellesley help Sharpe in this section?

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

8. How do Simmerson and the Spanish jeopardize the mission at the start of Chapter Six?

9. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

10. What offer does the French make to Sharpe in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Sharpe's views on flogging and punishment in general? How do his views differ from Simmerson's?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Sharpe's life.

1. Sergeant Harper.

2. General Wellesley.

3. Lieutenant Colonel William Lawford.

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