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

2. Who leads the men forward along with Leroy?
(a) Harper.
(b) No one.
(c) D'Alembord.
(d) Sharpe.

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

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

5. Why does Joseph Bonaparte need this victory?
(a) To impress a potential wife.
(b) To conquer Portugal.
(c) To get back into the good graces of the Spanish people.
(d) To secure his throne.

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

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

8. In whose honor do the men take the village?
(a) Leroy.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Harper.
(d) Wellington.

9. What is wrong with Captain Saumier?
(a) He has fits of hysteria probably due to battle stress.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is injured and ugly.
(d) He can't read.

10. Who shaves Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) General Verigny.
(b) A young guard.
(c) Helene.
(d) Ducos.

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

12. Where does Sharpe stop briefly when coming in after the battle of Vitoria?
(a) Helene's carriage.
(b) Near the river.
(c) In Verginy's tent.
(d) In the British baggage train.

13. Why do they encourage Sharpe to offer his parole?
(a) The do not care if Sharpe offers his parole.
(b) To see if he is really honorable.
(c) Because it is unthinkable for an officer to be treated as a criminal.
(d) To find out if his handwriting matches that of a letter they have from Sharpe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Against what does Sharpe weigh being with Helene?

2. How does Angel get away from El Matarife's man?

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

4. What does Sharpe wonder about Ducos?

5. Why is Sharpe poor again?

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