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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 Josephina claim the two men have tried to do to her?

2. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?

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

4. To which member of his family does Simmerson say he will write?

5. About what does Wellesley warn Sharpe after Simmerson leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do things improve for Sharpe and his men at the end of Chapter Nine?

2. How does Henry Simmerson treat his men?

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

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

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

6. Why is Simmerson a threat to Sharpe's career?

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

8. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

9. How is Sharpe's evening disrupted in Chapter Twelve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes Sharpe a good soldier and leader? Do the students think his skills could be transferred to civilian life?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why is Harper such an important member of Sharpe's regiment? What evidence is there to suggest that Sharpe would never be able to cope without Harper at his side?

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