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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Leroux from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

2. What does Hogan do when he first meets with Sharpe?
(a) Tests his skills.
(b) Asks about Leroux.
(c) Promotes his rank.
(d) Buys him wine.

3. What does Spears encourage Sharpe to do?
(a) Woo Helena.
(b) Tell Helena his fears.
(c) Take the money offered to him.
(d) Run from the army.

4. Who accuses Sharpe of having an affair with Helena?
(a) Harper.
(b) Spears.
(c) Fullow.
(d) Wellington.

5. Why does Helena need Sharpe's protection?
(a) She is being pursued.
(b) She is a spy.
(c) She is in debt.
(d) She left her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sharpe from?

2. Why does Sharpe hesitate to go to Helena's party?

3. Why was there a secret room at Helena's house?

4. Of whom is Helena afraid?

5. Why does Wellington not attack the French when he has the chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe find in Helena's secret room?

2. What is Jack Spears' job?

3. How was Spears wounded, and how did that happen?

4. What is Leroux's job in this novel?

5. What does El Mirador mean, and why is that significant to Helena?

6. What does Helena ask Spears about Sharpe, and how does he respond?

7. How is Leroux able to escape from Sharpe at the college?

8. Why is Sharpe taken to Connelley's tent?

9. What do the British troops do just before the French troops retreat for the first time in the book?

10. What does Harper find in the last fort while searching for Leroux's body?

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