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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spears wants Sharpe to write to _____________ for him.
(a) His fiance.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

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

3. Leroux is killed with _______________.
(a) A musket.
(b) A sword.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A knife.

4. What does Sharpe take from Leroux when he is dead?
(a) A picture of Helena.
(b) El Mirador's papers.
(c) His sword.
(d) His ring.

5. Where are the British forces sent when the cannons stop?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) Luxemborg.

6. Where is Hogan when Sharpe finds him in Arapiles?
(a) The military headquarters.
(b) A farmhouse.
(c) An inn.
(d) The riverbed.

7. Why does Sharpe not leave with the rest of his unit?
(a) Hogan told him to come the next week.
(b) He is not healed yet.
(c) He is on a mission.
(d) He wants one more night with Helena.

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

9. What causes Wellington to explode in anger?
(a) Sharpe has died.
(b) Spears leaves his post for El Mirador.
(c) The Spanish let the French flee.
(d) Helena is outed as a spy.

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

11. What does Helena send for Sharpe the morning after Sharpe lies to her?
(a) A message.
(b) A gun.
(c) A horse.
(d) A bottle of wine.

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

13. To whom is Helena related?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Father Curtis.
(c) Leroux.
(d) Harper.

14. Why is Sharpe's horse hard to control during the battle?
(a) The horse is old.
(b) The horse is wounded.
(c) The horse is tired.
(d) The horse is not used to war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harper not believe the rumors of Sharpe's death?

2. Who is assigned to guard El Mirador after the forts are taken?

3. What does Sharpe feel guilty about while watching the last battle?

4. What have the French stolen from El Mirador?

5. What does Hogan take from Leroux when he is dead?

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