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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does General Verigny ask of Sharpe?
(a) His parole.
(b) His advice about La Marquesa.
(c) His sword.
(d) His signature on the prisoners exchange document.

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

4. Why does Helene have to stop for the night?
(a) She is too tired.
(b) She has hurt her foot.
(c) She is too sad.
(d) She is saddlesore.

5. Where does Montbrun want to stay?
(a) In Burgos.
(b) Close to Napoleon's advisers.
(c) Close to the current Spanish king.
(d) In La Marquesa's quarters to protect her.

6. In what is Marshal Jourdan confident?
(a) A French victory.
(b) His field artillery.
(c) His sharpshooters.
(d) His dragoons.

7. What does Harper believe?
(a) That the French are feinting.
(b) That the British cannot possibly pull off a victory.
(c) That Sharpe is dead.
(d) That Richard Sharpe is still alive.

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

9. What act does Sharpe perform which turns the tide of opinion against him?
(a) Killing a man without proving his guilt.
(b) Accidentally killing a child.
(c) Breaking into a convent.
(d) Beating a noble woman.

10. From where does Saumier think Wellington will attack?
(a) The river.
(b) The plains.
(c) The heights.
(d) Over the sea road.

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

12. What do the gunners sponge the guns?
(a) To keep their hands cool.
(b) To avoid an explosion.
(c) To make the gunpowder last longer.
(d) To keep the gunners from getting too hot.

13. To what do the British soldiers put on a brave face?
(a) The Duke's entourage.
(b) The French guns.
(c) The Dragoons.
(d) The Spanish sharpshooters.

14. Where does Marshal Jourdan have a victory feast planned?
(a) At the grandest motel in Vitoria.
(b) In the camp.
(c) In Madrid.
(d) He is not so shortsighted as to already plan the victory feast.

15. What does Sharpe have Helene do for the problem in question # 89?
(a) Take a bath with special soap.
(b) Put on different clothes.
(c) Put ice on her.
(d) Swim in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Hacha and el Matarife?

2. How did Helene feel about her husband?

3. Why does Helene shoot people around her wagon?

4. Against what does Sharpe weigh being with Helene?

5. What does La Marquesa admit?

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