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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. Why do Gibbons and Berry say they attacked Josephine?

2. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?

3. What is the name of the Spanish forces?

4. What part of his body has one of the deserters lost?

5. How do the Spanish provoke the French in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sharpe know Lieutenant Colonel William Lawson?

3. How is Sharpe's peace ruined in this section?

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

5. How does Henry Simmerson treat his men?

6. How is Harper treating Sharpe's leg at the beginning of the novel?

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

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

9. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

10. How does Sharpe meet Lieutenant Gibbons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the army helped Sharpe? What kind of person does the novel suggest he would have become if he remained a civilian?

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

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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