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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 is the weather like when the troops of Sharpe and Vivar set off?
(a) Hot and dry.
(b) Cold and rainy.
(c) Warm and clear.
(d) Cold and clear.

2. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe when he meets him?
(a) The French will vacate the palace if allowed to go free.
(b) The British and French have one hour to leave the city.
(c) Vivar will be arrested for treason.
(d) Louisa is a prisoner.

3. Where does Vivar go when he leaves the palace?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The main town hall.
(c) To his men.
(d) To his home.

4. What does Harper say is good for Sharpe?
(a) That a woman turned him down.
(b) That he has Harper to look after him.
(c) That he has found a new uniform.
(d) That the French colonel thinks he's stupid.

5. What does Sharpe ask Vivar about the riflemen?
(a) If they can now head to Lisbon.
(b) If they will be paid for their aid.
(c) If the banner will harm them.
(d) How they fit into Vivar's plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Sharpe search the city?

2. Who is with Sharpe at the table in a tavern?

3. What do the riflemen get from the French?

4. What does Sharpe expect as he waits for Vivar's cavalry charge?

5. What does Vivar want to discuss with Sharpe when Vivar comes to his table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of idea does Sharpe have and what is Vivar's response?

2. Why does Sharpe know the French who have appeared are not the real attack?

3. What does Vivar want the riflemen to do and what does Sharpe do?

4. What does the French colonel suggest to Sharpe?

5. What news do local bandits bring and what is Vivar's response to their news?

6. What does Louisa tell Sharpe when they meet in the palace and what does Sharpe figure out from what she says?

7. What does Sharpe do with the sentry?

8. How do the townspeople react to the British and Spanish attacking?

9. What does Sharpe hear as the riflemen are fighting and who appears? Why are the Cazadores fighting so hard?

10. Why does Sharpe burst into the chapel?

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