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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sharpe angry at himself over Helena?
(a) He was tricked by her.
(b) He fell in love with her.
(c) He betrayed her.
(d) He failed her.

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

3. What disease does Spears have?
(a) The Plague.
(b) Consumption.
(c) The Black Lion.
(d) Typhus.

4. Why does Spears say he never betrayed El Mirador?
(a) He needed to stay alive.
(b) He hated Leroux.
(c) He could not hurt the old man.
(d) He was in love with Helena.

5. What lie does Sharpe tell Helena?
(a) Father Curtis is El Mirador.
(b) The British are retreating.
(c) He is leaving her.
(d) He is still sick.

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

7. Where is a salute given to Sharpe?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A mass grave.
(c) The battle site.
(d) A tent full of dead soldiers.

8. Who predicts a British victory while talking to Sharpe?
(a) El Mirador.
(b) Father Curtis.
(c) Jack Spears.
(d) The nurse maid.

9. Where does Sharpe first shoot Leroux?
(a) His leg.
(b) His chest.
(c) His back.
(d) His arm.

10. What does Leroux refuse to do when face to face with Sharpe?
(a) Reveal his full name.
(b) Give up the papers.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Fight.

11. Spears says he wished he had helped fight the war by _________________.
(a) Being brave like Sharpe.
(b) Discovering the real El Mirador.
(c) Killing someone.
(d) Spreading his disease to Helena.

12. What makes Arapiles a good site for a battle?
(a) The tall wall.
(b) The soft terrain.
(c) The hills.
(d) The river beds.

13. Hogan thinks Helena is__________.
(a) A pretty girl in love with Sharpe.
(b) The British purveyor.
(c) El Mirador.
(d) A French Spy.

14. Whom does Sharpe watch through the telescope at Arapiles?
(a) Harper.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Montmount.
(d) Helena.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders some of the British to march east?

2. How does Harper get some quinine for Sharpe?

3. Whom does Sharpe feel he has betrayed while fighting at Arapiles?

4. Where are the British forces sent when the cannons stop?

5. Why is Leroux not running to French territory when the forts are lost?

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