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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 says something bad about Helena.
(b) Sharpe calls him a coward.
(c) Sharpe says he won't accept a surrender.
(d) Sharpe insults his sword.

2. Why is riding on horseback so painful to Sharpe?
(a) He is not used to riding.
(b) He was wounded in the leg.
(c) He is tired.
(d) The saddle is too small.

3. Why does Spears not want to see a doctor about his wounds?
(a) He will be shamed.
(b) He is afraid of doctors.
(c) He wants to stay with his comrades.
(d) He knows he is dying.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Why is Sharpe told not to fight?
(a) He doesn't have the full plan.
(b) His wound could reopen.
(c) The French think he is with them.
(d) He is to guard El Mirador.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harper get some quinine for Sharpe?

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

3. What shape of infantry protects Leroux?

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

5. Why does Sharpe ride around the French cavalry?

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