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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 are Voltigeurs?

2. How does Sharpe feel about the city where he is stationed?

3. Where is Leroux from?

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

5. To whom does Leroux report?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leroux plan to complete his job in France?

2. How does Sharpe help the retreating British after the failed assault on the French forts?

3. What is Sharpe impressed by when he first meets Leroux?

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

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

6. What is Helena's biggest fear?

7. What is disappointing to Helena about the first battle she watches, and what does Spears tell her?

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

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

10. What is Jack Spears' job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Share was involved in a few different wars during his lifetime. How did these wars differ from each other, and what lessons did he learn from each experience?

Essay Topic 2

Pride is a very basic and obvious trait of Sharpe's. What is the difference between pride and confidence, and where in the book do these two traits appear? Are they benefits or burdens to Sharpe in his career?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Sharpe's opinion of Father Curtis change so dramatically over the course of this book, and why is this change so significant?

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