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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. Why does Sharpe tell Helena she stopped hearing cannon fire?
(a) There were peace talks again.
(b) The armies were too far apart.
(c) They are celebrating.
(d) Leroux has made plans.

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

3. Where is Leroux hiding after the forts are taken?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Porto.
(c) Salamanca.
(d) The burned out fort.

4. Who predicts a British victory while talking to Sharpe?
(a) Father Curtis.
(b) Jack Spears.
(c) The nurse maid.
(d) El Mirador.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harper get some quinine for Sharpe?

2. What command does Sharpe overtake when he gets to the battle?

3. What orders does Sharpe continuously break?

4. What does Sharpe take from Leroux when he is dead?

5. Why does Sharpe ride around the French cavalry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Spears do a one man charge against the French Army?

2. What does Sharpe feel most guilty about as he rides into the battle at Arapiles?

3. What does Leroux do when he is confronted by Sharpe on the battlefield?

4. Why is Harper arrested?

5. Why is Sharpe told not to join the battle at Arapiles?

6. How does Sharpe get into the third infantry square?

7. Why does Father Curtis say it is of utmost importance that the British win the battle against the French?

8. What does Harper do to try and cheer Sharpe up while he is healing?

9. How does Leroux protect himself when he is being chased on horseback by Sharpe?

10. Where does Sharpe stab Leroux? Why?

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