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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 are stocks?

2. What does Lawson tell Sharpe has never been done?

3. How does Sharpe help the woman?

4. Where are the official army headquarters?

5. Simmerson tells Sharpe he comes from where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

3. How does Sharpe prove Simmerson wrong in Chapter Three?

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

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

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

7. How does Sharpe know Lieutenant Colonel William Lawson?

8. Why does Sharpe think the French will not attack them in Chapter Six?

9. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is Josephina's role in the novel? What does her character highlight about Sharpe's character?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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