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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 is Ducos happy as he flees?
(a) He thinks Sharpe is dead.
(b) He can see Helene.
(c) His treaty will save France.
(d) He wants the British to win.

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

3. Against what does Sharpe weigh being with Helene?
(a) His current wife.
(b) His current love.
(c) His honor.
(d) His duties in opposing Napoleon.

4. What does Sharpe decide to do about the cavalryman's actions??
(a) Show him how to clean his rifle properly.
(b) Not sound an alarm.
(c) Not wake him up.
(d) Hit the man over the head.

5. What does General Verigny ask of Sharpe?
(a) His parole.
(b) His signature on the prisoners exchange document.
(c) His sword.
(d) His advice about La Marquesa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gunners sponge the guns?

2. What do the British troops do after the battle at Burgos?

3. Why does Joseph Bonaparte need this victory?

4. What does Sharpe wonder about Ducos?

5. Where are the French heading when they leave Burgos?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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