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

2. Whom does Sharpe watch through the telescope at Arapiles?
(a) Harper.
(b) Helena.
(c) Montmount.
(d) Wellington.

3. Why does Sharpe ride around the French cavalry?
(a) He is not good at riding.
(b) He is following orders.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) He is chasing Leroux.

4. Why does Sharpe feel he has failed when the battle ar Arapiles is over?
(a) He never found Leroux.
(b) He betrayed Helena.
(c) The British lost.
(d) The British suffered many casualties.

5. Why does Spears say he never betrayed El Mirador?
(a) He was in love with Helena.
(b) He needed to stay alive.
(c) He hated Leroux.
(d) He could not hurt the old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sharpe told not to fight?

2. Why is Sharpe angry at himself over Helena?

3. Where is Leroux hiding after the forts are taken?

4. What does Harper do to lower Sharpe's fever?

5. Who makes a suicide run into the French Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Helena's response when Sharpe is found alive?

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

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

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

5. What helps Sharpe to recuperate from his wound?

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

7. What causes Wellington to explode with anger? Why?

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

9. Why did Spears help Leroux?

10. What does Sharpe think when he sees the hills and fields by Arapiles?

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