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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Captain Saumier?
(a) Angel's brother.
(b) The officer assigned to attend to La Marquesa.
(c) A Spainish spy.
(d) Pierre Ducos' assassin.

2. What does Sharpe wonder about Ducos?
(a) Why he kills General Verigny.
(b) Why he kills La Marquesa.
(c) Why he rescued Sharpe.
(d) Why he frames Sharpe.

3. Where are the French heading when they leave Burgos?
(a) Marsellies.
(b) Vitoria.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

4. Why does Sharpe remain a guarded prisoner?
(a) He has tried to escape several times and broke his parole.
(b) He has been identified as Richard Sharpe and they fear him.
(c) He wants to spy on the General longer.
(d) He will not offer his parole.

5. How can La Marquesa regain her wealth?
(a) By Sharpe killing Ducos.
(b) By Sharpe getting word to Wellington.
(c) By Montbrun being killed.
(d) By Sharpe killing the Duke of Wellington.

6. What do Sharpe and Angel decide to do when Angel finds Sharpe?
(a) Go find Helene.
(b) Go find Wellington.
(c) Go find Hogan.
(d) Return to Burgos.

7. Who is killed at the barricade?
(a) Harper.
(b) D'Alembord.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Sharpe.

8. About what does Helene give Sharpe condolences?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The death of his father.
(c) His arrest.
(d) The loss of his daughter.

9. Whose release is Sharpe negotiating with El Matarife?
(a) Verigny.
(b) No one.
(c) La Marquesa.
(d) Angel.

10. What does Sharpe notice Helene has?
(a) Scabies.
(b) Fleas.
(c) A severe skin rash.
(d) Lice.

11. What does the Battalion do when they finally recognize Sharpe?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Run screaming from him.
(c) Refuse to follow him.
(d) Cheer.

12. How did Helene feel about her husband?
(a) Didn't like him.
(b) Loved him greatly.
(c) Was indifferent to him.
(d) Hated him with a passion.

13. What appalls General Verigny?
(a) The way Sharpe is treated.
(b) That Sharpe kills two men.
(c) That Ducos has been too easy on Sharpe.
(d) That Sharpe is not who he first said he was.

14. About what treaty does La Marquesa tell Sharpe?
(a) Between Napoleon and the Prince of Orange.
(b) Between Napoleon and the King of Belgium.
(c) Between Napoleon and the Spanish King.
(d) Between the King of Belgium and the King of Spain.

15. What does La Marquesa do when the British overrun her position?
(a) Try to escape in her wagon.
(b) Find Sharpe.
(c) Run with Vierigny.
(d)

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sharpe and Helene stop?

2. Why does Sharpe not like the idea of a prisoner exchange?

3. Who do the men think Sharpe is when he arrives?

4. What do Sharpe and Harper discover when they get to Helene's position?

5. Where does Sharpe stop briefly when coming in after the battle of Vitoria?

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