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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sharpe's plan after lighting the fuse?
(a) He's not sure.
(b) Heading out with Teresa back to the village.
(c) Killing El Catolico.
(d) Run for safety underground.

2. What does Sharpe decide to do when he spots the French.
(a) To head in another direction.
(b) To sneak in and kill their leaders.
(c) To surrender.
(d) To go right into the skirmish line.

3. Where does Sharpe go after the cathedral?
(a) The bakery.
(b) To meet with Moreno.
(c) Cox's office.
(d) The trenches.

4. Where do the hill fortifications run?
(a) Tagus to Massena.
(b) From the Atlantic to Tagus.
(c) Atlantic to Lisbon.
(d) Atlantic to Brussels.

5. What makes Sharpe believe they have no chance?
(a) He spies about 200 French lancers.
(b) He spies about 200 Polish lancers.
(c) He sees the heavy calvalry moving in.
(d) He sees that the main French army has joined in the skirmish.

6. Who has been teaching Teresa how to use a saber?
(a) Harper.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Sergeant Helmet.
(d) Sharpe.

7. What does Sharpe give Teresa?
(a) 1000 golds.
(b) Some important information about the French movements.
(c) A ring.
(d) A promise.

8. What does Sharpe threaten to cut off?
(a) Part of Teresa's ear.
(b) El Catolico's pony tail.
(c) Kearsey's ear.
(d) Kearsey's finger.

9. What does Sharpe tell Hogan about the explosion?
(a) Just that it happened and the list of deaths.
(b) A falsified account.
(c) A detailed account.
(d) Almost nothing.

10. What was the real cause of the explosion?
(a) A careless fire.
(b) It is unknown.
(c) A careless pipe smoker.
(d) A French shell.

11. Who brings a barrel of gunpowder?
(a) Just Helmet since he's the only one Sharpe trusts.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Just Harper since he's the only one Sharpe trusts.
(d) Helmet and Harper.

12. What do the Lossow and Sharpe plan to do after resting?
(a) Build up fortifications where they are.
(b) They are not sure.
(c) Cross the river with their men.
(d) Send a messenger to slip through enemy lines.

13. Where does Cox want the gold sent?
(a) To England.
(b) To his headquarters.
(c) To Wellington.
(d) To Moreno.

14. Why does Sharpe also give Teresa his own rifle?
(a) Hers was lost in the explosion.
(b) The one she was using belongs to Roman.
(c) He does not give her his rifle; he gives her his knife.
(d) The one she was using belongs to Harper.

15. Who commands the Portuguese?
(a) Lieutenant Tom Garrard.
(b) Lieutenant Johnson.
(c) Captain Garrison.
(d) Captain Slocum.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many men die in the explosion?

2. Who is killed in the explosion about whom Sharpe is glad?

3. Who is helping to keep the gold from Cox's men?

4. Why is Sharpe's mission so important?

5. What does Harper admire about the French?

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