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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. Who orders some of the British to march east?

2. Who predicts a British victory while talking to Sharpe?

3. What helps Sharpe to recuperate?

4. What shape of infantry protects Leroux?

5. What disease does Spears have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What helps Sharpe to recuperate from his wound?

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

3. How does Harper choose which church to pray in?

4. How does Hogan respond when he sees Sharpe in Arapiles?

5. Where does Sharpe stab Leroux? Why?

6. What does Sharpe say he fears more than physical danger?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship like between Sharpe and Harper, and how did this relationship change over the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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