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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. In which city did Josefina meet Gibbons?

2. What is Hogan's rank?

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

4. Who interrupts Sharpe's line of thinking in Chapter Seven?

5. In which country is the town of Abrantes ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the battle in Chapter Seven.

2. How does Wellesley help Sharpe in this section?

3. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

4. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

5. How does the relationship between Josephina and Sharpe develop in this section?

6. What problems has Simmerson caused Sharpe in this section?

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

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

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

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 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

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

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following aspects of army life and examine how and why it has changed since the time of the novel.

1. Punishment.

2. Barracks.

3. Battles.

4. Ranks.

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