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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 is wrong with Captain Saumier?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He can't read.
(c) He has fits of hysteria probably due to battle stress.
(d) He is injured and ugly.

2. Who does La Marquesa think she sees at Vitoria?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Vierigny.
(c) El Matarife.
(d) Jourdan.

3. What do Sharpe and Harper discover when they get to Helene's position?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She is missing.
(c) She was shot.
(d) She is on her wagon.

4. What village does the Fifth Division invade?
(a) Burgos.
(b) Inceptionalles.
(c) Toulessie.
(d) Gamarra Mayor.

5. What does Sharpe notice Helene has?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Scabies.
(c) A severe skin rash.
(d) Lice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe see a cavalryman do outside his window?

2. What horrifies Marshal Jourdan?

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

4. What does Harper believe?

5. What does Hogan not believe about Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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