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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. What helps Sharpe to recuperate?
(a) His love for Helena.
(b) His confusion.
(c) His will to live.
(d) His anger.

2. Who was seen earlier in the night at the spot where a salute is given to Sharpe?
(a) A mad man.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A small boy.
(d) A cloaked gentleman.

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

4. Who kills Leroux?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Harper.
(d) Spears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harper say soldiers would know Sharpe is British?

2. Who tells Sharpe where Leroux is hiding after the forts are taken?

3. Why does Sharpe ride around the French cavalry?

4. What country does Hogan enlist to help him retrieve what was stolen from El Mirador?

5. How does Sharpe try to warn the British cavalry about the French infantry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Father Curtis know what is happening with the war?

3. Why is the British cavalry marching on the French when the French infantry cannot be defeated by a cavalry?

4. What does Sharpe say is rare about his moment killing Leroux?

5. What is more painful to Sharpe than his wound, and why?

6. Why does Sharpe get angry when he hears Spears has been given the task of guarding El Mirador?

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

8. How did Spears help Leroux?

9. What helps Sharpe to recuperate from his wound?

10. What last act of kindness does Sharpe give to Spears, and why?

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