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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dubreton do when he comes up to Sharpe?
(a) Salutes him.
(b) Laughs at him.
(c) Shakes his hand.
(d) Slaps him on the back.

2. How does Hakeswill get free of the dungeon?
(a) He tricks his guards.
(b) He gets the bars loose in the window.
(c) He is taken out so he can fight.
(d) Farthingdale accidentally releases him.

3. What does Sharpe do with Pot-au-Fea?
(a) Hangs him.
(b) Locks him in a cell.
(c) Shoots him with a firing squad.
(d) Hands him over to the French.

4. Who was Sharpe's mother?
(a) He doesn't know who his mother is.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) The wife of a Lord.
(d) An artist.

5. Who surprises Sharpe with a visit?
(a) Harry Price.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Edward James.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the majority of Sharpe's forces concentrated?

2. What is the name of Sharpe's daughter?

3. What does Sharpe give to Dubreton?

4. What happens just as the French begin their final massive attack?

5. What does Farthingdale announce at the war council?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dubreton comes up to Sharpe?

2. How does Sharpe deploy the rocket artillery and what is the result of the use of them?

3. What does Hakeswill do during the battle and after the French are repulsed?

4. What happens at the convent after the British abandon it?

5. How do the French respond after the first two attacks?

6. What is Hakeswill's ultimate fate?

7. What do the French ask for after the British rocket attack?

8. What do the French do the day after they take the convent? How does Sharpe view his situation?

9. What do the British do with the last of the rocket artillery?

10. Where do the French concentrate their artillery fire and why? What is the British response?

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