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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction does Saumier take Helene?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

3. 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.

4. Who becomes the commanding officer after Leroy's death?
(a) Major Jones.
(b) D'Alembord.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Harper.

5. In what castle's dungeon is Sharpe languishing?
(a) Roebillards.
(b) Servichy.
(c) Burgos.
(d) Givenchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King Joseph abandon?

2. Why does Joseph Bonaparte need this victory?

3. What appalls General Verigny?

4. Of what does Sharpe remind La Marquesa?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Sharpe taken in Burgos and what is the place like?

2. Where does La Marquesa want Sharpe to take her?

3. Why do Sharpe and Patrick return to La Marquesa's wagons, what does Sharpe see and what does he do?

4. What does Hogan learn about the explosion, what does he think and what is the Spanish family doing with him?

5. About what do Harper and d'Alembord have a bet concerning Sharpe?

6. Who comes to eat with Sharpe and what do they give him?

7. How does Sharpe escape from Verigny?

8. What do the British do when they arrive at Vitoria and how do they feel about what they are facing?

9. What does La Marquesa do after it is obvious the British have won and what happens to her?

10. What does La Marquesa do at the start of the battle of Vitoria and who protects her and why was he chosen?

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