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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Harper into custody?
(a) The provosts.
(b) Father Curtis.
(c) Helena's servants.
(d) The Military Police.

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

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

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

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

6. What orders does Sharpe continuously break?
(a) To not join battles.
(b) To stay with Wellington.
(c) To stay away from Helena.
(d) To fire on command.

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

8. What does Sharpe think as he joins the cavalry attack on the French infantry?
(a) He will die.
(b) He was foolish.
(c) He should have followed orders.
(d) He will prevail.

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

10. Where is Leroux fleeing to after the battle at Arapiles?
(a) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Paris.

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

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

13. How does Hogan feel when he sees Sharpe in Arapiles?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Confused.
(d) Upset.

14. What is Sharpe invited to do at the end of the battle at Arapiles?
(a) Return to Salamanca.
(b) Have a drink with the officers.
(c) Say a prayer for the dead.
(d) See a surgeon about his wound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Leroux to fight Sharpe?

2. How do the French see what is happening at Arapiles?

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

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

5. Where is a salute given to Sharpe?

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