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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 is Hogan's rank?

2. Who tells Sharpe he will ruin his career?

3. Why does Simmerson claim Sharpe is responsible for their loss against the French?

4. What does Harper say the ox-carts axles creak like?

5. What is Sterritt's rank in the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is capturing the French Eagle so important to Sharpe's career?

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

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

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

6. How does Henry Simmerson treat his men?

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

8. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

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

10. Why does Sharpe think Gibbons must want revenge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does Simmerson buying his rank cause the army in general? How does the army try to safeguard such people?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What makes Simmerson a bad soldier and leader? What problems does Simmerson's poor leadership cause Sharpe and the soldiers?

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