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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Juanita's undercover disguise be?
(a) Loup's mistress.
(b) Lord Kiely's fiance.
(c) Sharpe's cousin.
(d) Hogan's sister.

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

3. What happens to Sharpe's request about supplies to the British headquarters?
(a) It was turned down.
(b) It was intercepted.
(c) It will be two months before it can be filled.
(d) The supplies were sent right away.

4. Where does Runciman say he spent some time in the army?
(a) India.
(b) Prussia.
(c) North Africa.
(d) Ireland.

5. What happens to Thompson when he leaves for the latrine?
(a) He trips and falls.
(b) He is shot in the head.
(c) His throat is cut.
(d) He is taken captive.

6. Who is El Castrador?
(a) Head of the Spanish 405th. Rifle Company.
(b) Sharpe's brother-in-law.
(c) The mayor of San Isidoro.
(d) A Spanish partisan.

7. What does Ducos disapprove of as far as soldiers go?
(a) Raping and killing civilians.
(b) Private rivalries.
(c) Not following orders.
(d) Having affairs with their subordinates.

8. What does Loup tell Ducos as soon as he meets him?
(a) About Hogan in Madrid.
(b) About the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(c) That he plans to leave Spain.
(d) About his encounter with Sharpe.

9. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador?
(a) If El Castrador's wife is still alive.
(b) If he was ever a normal person.
(c) If he wants to go to look for Loup with Sharpe.
(d) If he plans to move his base of operations.

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

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

12. How many of the Portuguese battalion survived the attack by Loup?
(a) One third.
(b) One half.
(c) About a quarter.
(d) Only about one fifth.

13. How did Kiely become the commander of the Real Compañía Irlandesa?
(a) He was the second in command when the commander was killed.
(b) He purchased the position.
(c) By order of the King.
(d) By virtue of his birth.

14. What does Ducos think about Loup's capabilities?
(a) He is one of the best soldiers and leaders in Spain.
(b) He is incompetent.
(c) He is a great soldier but a poor leader.
(d) He is a mediocre soldier but good leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan tell Sharpe when he comes to San Isidoro?

2. Why is Father Sarsfield impressed with Sharpe?

3. How many men desert from the Real Compañía Irlandesa the first night?

4. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?

5. What does Sharpe decide to do to the two French prisoners?

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