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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Spears react when he hears Sharpe knows of his mission?
(a) He is amused.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is angry.

2. Why is Leroux not running to French territory when the forts are lost?
(a) Salamance will be French if the war is not won.
(b) He has friends in the army.
(c) He has Spanish citizenship.
(d) It is the best place to spy.

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

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

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

6. What causes the French to gain footing in the battle at Arapiles?
(a) They get help from the citizens of Arapiles.
(b) They counterattack.
(c) They cut off supplies.
(d) They get behind the hill.

7. What does Hogan say about Sharpe's relationship with Helena?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is not surprised.
(d) He is grateful.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leroux call his sister?

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

4. Why does Spears not want to see a doctor about his wounds?

5. What does Sharpe think as he joins the cavalry attack on the French infantry?

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