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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. To what rank does Wellesey promote Sharpe?

2. From what does the author say Josephina is running away?

3. What is the name of the French light infantry?

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

5. What does Harper use to clean out Sharpe's wound?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

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

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

5. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

6. How does Wellesley help Sharpe in this section?

7. What makes Sharpe different from other officers?

8. How does Sharpe meet Lieutenant Gibbons?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

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