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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. What type of position does Sharpe's company assume?
(a) Reserve on the hill.
(b) Forward behind the forlorn hope.
(c) On the scaling ladders.
(d) Screening.

2. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?
(a) If she has become a murderer.
(b) If he would want someone like her for a wife.
(c) If she is different in appearance.
(d) If she is still attractive to him.

3. How does Lawford appear when Sharpe comes upon him while going into the city?
(a) He has a cut on his head that is bleeding.
(b) He has a minor injury.
(c) Mangled.
(d) He is dead.

4. What is Sharpe's relationship to the man in question # 65?
(a) Former superior officer.
(b) Friend.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Brother.

5. What is Lawford's status in British society?
(a) He is a commoner.
(b) He is an ex-criminal.
(c) He came from a farming family.
(d) He is wealthy and aristocratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Harper do when they come into the stables?

2. Why is Sharpe worried about his status with his company?

3. What does Hakeswill do when Teresa enters the stables?

4. What is Sharpe looking for as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo?

5. Against what does Sharpe lead his men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 1 when night falls and what does Lawford send Sharpe and his company to do?

2. Why is Sharpe's back scarred?

3. What do Sharpe and Hogan discuss when they see each other in Chapter 1?

4. What siege does Sharpe participate in at the beginning of Chapter 1 and how does he pass his time when not fighting?

5. What happens to Sharpe's and Teresa's relationship when the army leaves for Badajoz? Where will Teresa be staying in Badajoz? Upon what is she counting on from Sharpe?

6. What kind of obstacle does the River Guadiana pose for the British and how do they surmount it?

7. What is Lawford and Sharpe's relationship and how do they interact?

8. What guerrilla rider approaches Sharpe and what does she tell him? What does she look like?

9. What do Harper and Sharpe run into as they begin to enter the city and what do they do about it?

10. What does Sharpe do with his guerrilla friend?

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