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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sharpe feel be has betrayed someone when he is at Arapiles?
(a) He did not join the fight.
(b) He did not follow the doctor's orders.
(c) He gave the enemy information.
(d) He told a lie.

2. How does Sharpe try to warn the British cavalry about the French infantry?
(a) Bugle calls.
(b) Riding messengers.
(c) Flag signals.
(d) Smoke signals.

3. Why is Sharpe surprised to hear that Helena was assigned a guard?
(a) She never wanted one.
(b) She always visited alone.
(c) He would have had to sign the order.
(d) Harper never told him.

4. What causes a hole in French infantry?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cannon.
(c) Sharpe's departure.
(d) Leroux's departure.

5. Why is riding on horseback so painful to Sharpe?
(a) The saddle is too small.
(b) He was wounded in the leg.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He is not used to riding.

6. What does Harper know will cheer Sharpe up while he is healing?
(a) Hearing war stories.
(b) Being read to.
(c) Seeing Helena.
(d) Having his weapon.

7. How does Harper say soldiers would know Sharpe is British?
(a) He has boils.
(b) He cannot speak French.
(c) He has flogging scars.
(d) He has dark skin.

8. What direction to the French think the British are travelling?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

9. What causes Leroux to fight Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe calls him a coward.
(b) Sharpe says he won't accept a surrender.
(c) Sharpe says something bad about Helena.
(d) Sharpe insults his sword.

10. Where does Harper find Sharpe still alive?
(a) The mass grave.
(b) The death tent.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) Helena's balcony.

11. What does Sharpe call Leroux when Hogan asks about his death?
(a) Evil.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Young.
(d) Stupid.

12. Why does Father Curtis say it is so important for the British to win?
(a) Leroux will be caught.
(b) El Mirador will be caught.
(c) The war will continue.
(d) The forces will leave Spain.

13. Spears knows Helena's identity because ______________.
(a) He had been a prisoner of Leroux's.
(b) He had been in a relationship with her.
(c) He read it in a secret message.
(d) He killed her parents.

14. What is Arapiles?
(a) A village.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A tower.
(d) A harbor.

15. Who kills Spears?
(a) Father Curtis.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Helena.
(d) A French soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sharpe watch through the telescope at Arapiles?

2. Where does Sharpe first shoot Leroux?

3. How does Hogan feel when he sees Sharpe in Arapiles?

4. Why does Spears say he never betrayed El Mirador?

5. Why is Sharpe angry at himself over Helena?

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