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

2. Who is killed at the barricade?
(a) Harper.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) D'Alembord.
(d) Leroy.

3. Who faints upon seeing Sharpe alive?
(a) La Marquesa.
(b) Lieutenant Trumper-Jones.
(c) Harper.
(d) D'Alembord.

4. What do Sharpe and Harper do at Helene's wagon?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Kill some looters.
(c) Drive it away.
(d) Confiscate her jewels.

5. What does Sharpe blame for his current predicament?
(a) His poor judgment in fighting a duel.
(b) A betrayal by one of his best friends.
(c) His stupidity in rescuing La Marquesa.
(d) His stupidity in rescuing Angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe wish La Marquesa could do?

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

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

4. What village does the Fifth Division invade?

5. Why does Helene have to stop for the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Wellington's plans for the battle at Vitoria?

4. What does Helene tell Sharpe about the plot against Sharpe and how does he feel about it?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens after Sharpe enters Burgos?

10. In what shape is Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen and what does he think about?

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