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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. What does Sharpe have Helene do for the problem in question # 89?
(a) Put ice on her.
(b) Swim in the river.
(c) Take a bath with special soap.
(d) Put on different clothes.

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

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

4. Who is Captain Saumier?
(a) Pierre Ducos' assassin.
(b) A Spainish spy.
(c) The officer assigned to attend to La Marquesa.
(d) Angel's brother.

5. Who kills Saumier?
(a) Hacha.
(b) Helene.
(c) Ducos.
(d) El Matarife.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Helene want to go?

2. What does Marshal Jourdan believe is a feint?

3. Who leads the Fifth Division?

4. What do the French forces do in Chapter 24?

5. What does Sharpe notice Helene has?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How, according to Helene could Sharpe break parole and maintain his honor? What does he think is the reason she is pushing him? What does he do after she leaves him?

4. Why do Sharpe and La Marquesa stop at an inn and what does Sharpe do about it?

5. What happens when Sharpe arrives at the Fifth Division?

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

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 tell Sharpe in Chapter Sixteen about his situation and what does she and Montbrun want Sharpe to do?

10. Why does Sharpe call for a bath and what does Helene ask of him?

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