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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who tends to Sharpe when he is found alive?
(a) Helena.
(b) Tatiana.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Doris.

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

4. Whose horse does Harper ride?
(a) Helena's.
(b) Hogand's.
(c) Spears's.
(d) Wellington's.

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

6. What have the French stolen from El Mirador?
(a) His maps.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His documents.
(d) His gold.

7. How do the French see what is happening at Arapiles?
(a) They can see from the towers.
(b) They have spies sending messages.
(c) All of these.
(d) They have a telescope.

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

9. Who tells Sharpe where Leroux is hiding after the forts are taken?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Helena.
(d) Hogan.

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

11. What helps Sharpe to recuperate?
(a) His love for Helena.
(b) His will to live.
(c) His confusion.
(d) His anger.

12. Why does Father Curtis say he was holding a gun pointed at Sharpe?
(a) He was returning the rifle.
(b) He was afraid for his life.
(c) He was protecting Helena.
(d) He thought he was Leroux.

13. Who is assigned to guard El Mirador after the forts are taken?
(a) Harper.
(b) Spears.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Wellington.

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

15. What country does Hogan enlist to help him retrieve what was stolen from El Mirador?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends bad information to the French leaders?

2. How does Harper get some quinine for Sharpe?

3. How does Spears react when he hears Sharpe knows of his mission?

4. Why does Sharpe tell Helena she stopped hearing cannon fire?

5. Who was seen earlier in the night at the spot where a salute is given to Sharpe?

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