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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. Why does Ducos hate Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe killed Ducos's son.
(b) Sharpe broke Ducos's spectacles.
(c) Sharpe impregnated Ducos's oldest daughter.
(d) Sharpe seduced Ducos's wife.

2. What does Angel spot as the group leaves La Marquesa's wagon?
(a) Helene swung over El Matarife's saddle.
(b) Helene surrounded by a group of men.
(c) Verginy pulling on Helene.
(d) Hogan yelling at El Matarife.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe not like the idea of a prisoner exchange?

2. Why does Sharpe leave Burgos?

3. To what do the British soldiers put on a brave face?

4. What do Sharpe and Angel decide to do when Angel finds Sharpe?

5. How will it help the Spanish king if Sharpe gets word to Wellington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sharpe think of when leading the troops and what does he do with the troops?

2. How do the French feel before the battle of Vitoria?

3. What do Sharpe and Harper discover about Helene and what do they do?

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

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

6. What do the British cavalry do at Vitoria and how does Jourdan respond? What does Jourdan think of the French prospects at Vitoria?

7. What does La Marquesa tell Sharpe in Chapter Sixteen about his situation and what does she and Montbrun want Sharpe to do?

8. What do the French do at the end of the battle of Vitoria and what does King Joseph do?

9. How does Sharpe escape from Verigny?

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

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