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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the citizens of Salamanca fire during the first battle of the book?

2. How is Harper wounded when he finds Leroux?

3. What does Sharpe say he wants as a prize of war?

4. Connelley is from ________________.

5. Why is a flag of truce ignored?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Leroux able to avoid detection from Sharpe and Harper during the battle?

3. What is Helena's biggest fear?

4. How does Leroux get into the British Army base at the beginning of the book?

5. Why does Helena say she doesn't ask higher ranked people than Sharpe about the battle?

6. How is Sharpe wounded after the battle?

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

8. What does Sharpe think when he first meets La MarQuesa?

9. Who wishes Sharpe luck before the assault on the forts, and what does Sharpe think about this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the people around them.

Essay Topic 2

How has Sharpe responded to being raised in an orphanage, and what significance does this fact have on the plot itself?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different locations. Describe some of these settings and how they affected Sharpe. Why might Bernard Cornwell have chosen these particular places and events to share in this story line?

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