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

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

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

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

5. Where do Sharpe and Helene stop?
(a) In the forest at a hunting lodge.
(b) At a friend of Helene's house.
(c) At a small inn.
(d) In a large city at a hostel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe leave Burgos?

2. Who do the men think Sharpe is when he arrives?

3. What does General Verigny ask of Sharpe?

4. Who captures Sharpe when he escapes into the city?

5. In what castle's dungeon is Sharpe languishing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sharpe do when el Matarife shows up at the inn? How does that end?

5. What happens after Sharpe enters Burgos?

6. What does General Verigny ask from Sharpe and what is his response?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Of what does Sharpe remind Helene and what does she tell him to say to the French?

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