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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?
(a) He did not think Loup would attack.
(b) He should have been in the gatehouse.
(c) He should have saved more of the Portuguese.
(d) He did not see what a trap the barracks was.

2. What is the name of the Lieutenant who is with Sharpe?
(a) John Murray.
(b) Horace Lipton.
(c) Stephen Blackman.
(d) Harry Price.

3. Where are most of the women and children located at San Isidoro?
(a) The gatehouse.
(b) The barracks.
(c) Spread throughout the fort.
(d) In the command center.

4. What does Sharpe, when following Kiely, suggest to Kiely the day after the attack?
(a) That Kiely is unable to function in a real battle.
(b) That the two of them fight it out.
(c) That Kiely is controlled by his fiance.
(d) That Kiely was very courageous.

5. How many of the Officers of the Real Compañía Irlandesa were killed or wounded?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

6. What does Sharpe convince Runciman to do?
(a) Get better food for the troops.
(b) Have the general inspect the troops.
(c) Appropriate some muskets for the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(d) Get more ammunition.

7. Why was Sharpe able to get El Castrador to see him?
(a) El Castrador heard Loup was angry at Sharpe.
(b) Sharpe promised El Castrador new weapons.
(c) Sharpe knows the second in command.
(d) El Castrador knows Sharpe's wife.

8. What does a look-out spot below them?
(a) A deer.
(b) A woman who is injured.
(c) A French soldier stopping to urinate.
(d) Two hundred British soldiers.

9. Why does Lord Kiely take offense at Sharpe when they first meet?
(a) Sharpe tells him they look terrible.
(b) Sharpe tells Kiely to sober up.
(c) Sharpe makes a comment about Juanita.
(d) Sharpe ordered the soldiers to close ranks.

10. How does Hogan feel about Sharpe's interaction with Kiely?
(a) Angry.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Not pleased.

11. What are the four French soldiers that ride up to the village carrying?
(a) The body of one of Sharpe's riflemen.
(b) A white flag.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A British standard.

12. What does Sharpe hand to a young Spanish woman?
(a) A dress.
(b) A map.
(c) A canteen of water.
(d) Some brandy.

13. What does Sharpe do as Loup is leaving?
(a) Gives him a two finger salute.
(b) Hits him in the face.
(c) Throws a rock at Loup's horse.
(d) Tells Loup he is going to kill him.

14. Why do the French leave San Isidoro?
(a) British reinforcements arrive.
(b) Two ammunition wagons blow up.
(c) The Portuguese outflank them.
(d) Loup is wounded.

15. What do Sharpe and Harper find in other cottages?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Cowering civilians.
(c) Mutilated and tortured Spaniards.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he tell Oliveira to do if Loup attacks?

2. What does El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?

3. What does Kiely have to do before he talks much in the morning?

4. What does Sharpe tell the men about dead deserters?

5. How does Kiely's duel with a Frenchman end?

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