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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much help is Sergeant Harper to Sharpe?
(a) He is a great help.
(b) Little.
(c) He kills the French officer.
(d) None.

3. 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 mediocre soldier but good leader.
(d) He is a great soldier but a poor leader.

4. What does Kiely say about the status of his soldiers?
(a) They are out of practice.
(b) They are incompetent but try hard.
(c) They want to go home.
(d) They are lazy.

5. What goes over a cliff in Harper's story?
(a) His wagon.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A bullock.
(d) A horse.

6. What does Sharpe stress to Oliveira about Loup?
(a) That he is going to attack San Isidoro.
(b) That Loup is a murderer.
(c) That Sharpe has been looking for Loup.
(d) That Loup hates Sharpe.

7. What does Sharpe, when following Kiely, suggest to Kiely the day after the attack?
(a) That Kiely is controlled by his fiance.
(b) That Kiely is unable to function in a real battle.
(c) That Kiely was very courageous.
(d) That the two of them fight it out.

8. What does Sharpe tell the men about dead deserters?
(a) The Spanish will not tolerate it.
(b) The British will execute them.
(c) The Spanish will go after their families also.
(d) Loup is doing that to them.

9. Who is with the Portuguese that Sharpe knows?
(a) Sergeant Hagman.
(b) Thomas Garrard.
(c) Alane de Camipoelo.
(d) Paul Morris.

10. What do the French do to get to Sharpe's troops?
(a) Demand his surrender.
(b) Climb the roof.
(c) Hold Oliveira hostage.
(d) Set the building on fire.

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

12. What does he tell Oliveira to do if Loup attacks?
(a) Hold the front gate.
(b) Go to the gatehouse.
(c) Go to the barracks.
(d) Go to the hills and flank Loup.

13. What does Sharpe leave on the ridge when he orders his men into the village?
(a) Their horses.
(b) Sharpshooters.
(c) Their equipment.
(d) Nothing.

14. What does Sharpe hear as he is entering San Cristobal?
(a) Wolves howling.
(b) Horses coming quickly.
(c) A woman singing.
(d) Gunshots.

15. What does Sharpe tell Oliveira about the Real Compañía Irlandesa?
(a) That they are great soldiers.
(b) Why they came to San Isidoro.
(c) That they will be leaving San Isidoro soon.
(d) That they are probably traitors to Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is El Castrador?

2. How does Sharpe feel about the Real Compañía Irlandesa when he first meets them?

3. How can the British defend the barracks?

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

5. How much notice does Sharpe have that the Portuguese battalion is coming?

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