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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Teresa admit?
(a) That El Catolico killed Moreno.
(b) That there is much more gold in the village.
(c) That El Catolico killed Hardy.
(d) That the French have more gold.

2. What does Sharpe admit to Wellington?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Threatening Ayres with a rifle.
(c) Telling Harper he could have leave.
(d) Ordering his men to help with the harvest.

3. What worries Sharpe?
(a) Knowles report and Teresa's attitude.
(b) The emplacements on the opposite bank.
(c) The loss of their horses.
(d) Nothing.

4. Of what does Kearsey deny knowledge?
(a) Where Moreno is.
(b) The whereabouts of the French detachment.
(c) The whereabouts of the Polish lancers.
(d) Hardy.

5. What is Knowles' rank?
(a) Sargeant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Major.
(d) Lieutenant.

6. Who is Ramon?
(a) A man who is nailed to the wall.
(b) A man who knows where the gold is.
(c) Sharpe's quartermaster.
(d) Harper's best friend besides Sharpe.

7. How does Teresa distract the Polish lancers?
(a) By throwing a spear at the lead man.
(b) By screaming.
(c) By stripping naked and running into the woods.
(d) By yelling the slogan of the rebels.

8. What does Kearsey think he is doing?
(a) Helping Sharpe deliver gold to the Spanish.
(b) Giving Sharpe assistance in holding Almeida.
(c) Helping Sharpe sort through the various factions at the fortress.
(d) He's not sure.

9. Who is dead in the village?
(a) Every man, woman, child and animal except one man.
(b) No one.
(c) A few peasants, but most of the villagers are alive.
(d) All the mercenary soldiers but none of the villagers.

10. What does Colonel Williams express?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Indignation.
(d) Forgiveness.

11. Who is Lieutenant Colonel William Lawford?
(a) Sharpe's commander.
(b) The commander of the 9th heavy artillery.
(c) The commander of the Provosts.
(d) Sharpe's brother-in-law.

12. Why does Sharpe follow the beautiful woman they just rescued?
(a) He is afraid she might get hurt in the fighting.
(b) He thinks she must be important to the enemy.
(c) He thinks he has met her before.
(d) He wants to interrogate her.

13. Where is most of the ammunition stored in Almeida?
(a) A vault in the cemetary.
(b) The cathedral.
(c) In several deep caves in the surrounding hills.
(d) The armory.

14. How is the morale of the forces aligned against Napoleon?
(a) Elated.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Low and feeling as though the war is lost.
(d) Angry.

15. Who does Sharpe recognize as the leader of the Spanish forces fighting the French?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) General Matiz.
(c) El Liberato.
(d) Kearsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bags of gold do they find?

2. Who are Teresa and Ramon?

3. Who do they use to find their way through the dark?

4. What does Sharpe risk in going back to look for the gold?

5. What does Sharpe do with the Spanish?

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