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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 does Harper believe?
(a) That the French are feinting.
(b) That Richard Sharpe is still alive.
(c) That the British cannot possibly pull off a victory.
(d) That Sharpe is dead.

2. What does Sharpe do with the ink bottle?
(a) Puts it away.
(b) Throws it out the window.
(c) Tips it onto the paper.
(d) Hides it in his pack.

3. Where does Montbrun want to stay?
(a) Close to Napoleon's advisers.
(b) In La Marquesa's quarters to protect her.
(c) In Burgos.
(d) Close to the current Spanish king.

4. For what are Sharpe and Angel searching?
(a) Angel's wife.
(b) The Fifth Division.
(c) General Jourdan.
(d) The Duke of Orange.

5. Why does Ducos hate Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe broke Ducos's spectacles.
(b) Sharpe killed Ducos's son.
(c) Sharpe seduced Ducos's wife.
(d) Sharpe impregnated Ducos's oldest daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose release is Sharpe negotiating with El Matarife?

2. What village does the Fifth Division invade?

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

4. Why does Sharpe leave Burgos?

5. Who does La Marquesa think she sees at Vitoria?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens after Sharpe enters Burgos?

5. Where does La Marquesa want Sharpe to take her?

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

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

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

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

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

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