View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what are Sharpe and Angel searching?
(a) Angel's wife.
(b) General Jourdan.
(c) The Duke of Orange.
(d) The Fifth Division.

2. Why does Helene shoot people around her wagon?
(a) They were going to take her back to the convent.
(b) They were going to rape her.
(c) They were going to kidnap her.
(d) They were trying to steal from her.

3. Who does Sharpe almost encounter as he is walking?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Helene.
(c) El Matarife.
(d) General Verigny.

4. What horrifies Marshal Jourdan?
(a) The possibility of a French defeat.
(b) The possibility of a death in battle.
(c) The possibility of Sharpe finding him.
(d)

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

6. How does Angel get away from El Matarife's man?
(a) On Carbine.
(b) Riding behind Sharpe.
(c) Running.
(d) On a wagon.

7. What do the British troops do after the battle at Burgos?
(a) Dig in fortifications in Burgos.
(b) Return to Spain.
(c) Return to England.
(d) Pursue the French.

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

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

10. Why does Sharpe not like the idea of a prisoner exchange?
(a) He fears his enemies in the British army will pretend they don't know him.
(b) He likes the idea so he can get back to his unit.
(c) He doesn't want a famous French murderer to be exchanged for him.
(d) He is not going by his real name and will not be known to the Biritsh.

11. How will it help the Spanish king if Sharpe gets word to Wellington?
(a) The king will be released.
(b) The king will not be blamed for breaking the treaty.
(c) The king's family will no longer be in danger.
(d) It will harm the Spanish king.

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

13. What does Sharpe do when La Marquesa visits him?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Holds her hostage.
(c) Makes love with her.
(d) She is not allowed to visit him.

14. What causes El Matarife and the Partisans to run?
(a) The rumor of the British arriving.
(b) Sharpe wounding El Matarife.
(c) An explosion of their gunpowder stores.
(d) French lancers rushing into the village.

15. Why is Sharpe's name purposefully misspelled on his parole form?
(a) So the French do not learn who he is.
(b) The clerk is sloppy.
(c) So that it is not legally binding.
(d) So the English do not know who he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helene feel about her husband?

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

3. What village does the Fifth Division invade?

4. Who is Captain Saumier?

5. What does La Marquesa do when French gunfire begins?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 562 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample