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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the French forces do in Chapter 24?
(a) Out flank the English and come in behind them.
(b) Wipe out the English cavalry.
(c) Make a last ditch stand.
(d) Unabashedly flee.

2. Where do they say Sharpe can travel is he is incapable of riding a horse?
(a) In the artillery wagon.
(b) They tell him he has to ride a horse.
(c) In La Marquesa's carriage.
(d) In the food wagon.

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

4. Who has decided to take Helene back to the convent?
(a) Ducos.
(b) Angel.
(c) El Matarife.
(d) Hacha.

5. 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.

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

7. What does Sharpe decide to do about the cavalryman's actions??
(a) Show him how to clean his rifle properly.
(b) Hit the man over the head.
(c) Not wake him up.
(d) Not sound an alarm.

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

9. Why is Ducos happy as he flees?
(a) He can see Helene.
(b) He thinks Sharpe is dead.
(c) He wants the British to win.
(d) His treaty will save France.

10. Of what does Sharpe remind La Marquesa?
(a) That he will not hesitate to kill her if she does not cooperate.
(b) That he once asked her to marry him.
(c) That he is going by the name of Vaughn.
(d) That her husband is held captive.

11. Who leads the Fifth Division?
(a) Jourdan.
(b) D'Alembord.
(c) Colonel Leroy.
(d) Harper.

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

13. Who do the men think Sharpe is when he arrives?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Sharpe himself.
(c) An enemy soldier who looks like Sharpe.
(d) They have no idea since they do not recognize Sharpe.

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

15. To where does Helene want to go?
(a) To Madrid.
(b) To Burgos.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does La Marquesa want Sharpe to escape?

2. What does Sharpe boil for Helene's skin?

3. Who in Burgos knows Sharpe's true identity?

4. What does General Verigny ask of Sharpe?

5. Whose release is Sharpe negotiating with El Matarife?

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