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

2. Who shaves Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Ducos.
(b) General Verigny.
(c) Helene.
(d) A young guard.

3. Why does Helene have to stop for the night?
(a) She is too tired.
(b) She is too sad.
(c) She is saddlesore.
(d) She has hurt her foot.

4. What does Sharpe decide to do about the parole?
(a) Sign it.
(b) Give it one more day.
(c) Not sign it.
(d) Sign it as Major Vaughn.

5. What do Sharpe and Angel decide to do when Angel finds Sharpe?
(a) Return to Burgos.
(b) Go find Wellington.
(c) Go find Helene.
(d) Go find Hogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marshal Jourdan have a victory feast planned?

2. What is the relationship between Hacha and el Matarife?

3. What does the Battalion do when they finally recognize Sharpe?

4. Who is Captain Saumier?

5. What does Sharpe decide to do about the cavalryman's actions??

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hogan learn about the explosion, what does he think and what is the Spanish family doing with him?

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

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

4. How does Sharpe escape from Verigny?

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

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

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

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

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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