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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hogan know about Juanita?
(a) She was not distributing the newspapers.
(b) She was an undercover British agent.
(c) She was sleeping with Sharpe.
(d) She was not working with Ducos.

2. How does Donaju feel about going to Cadiz?
(a) Curious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Indifferent.

3. What does Sharpe find in Juanita's panniers?
(a) Loup's battle plans.
(b) False newspapers.
(c) Sharpe's telescope.
(d) Nothing.

4. What kind of pace do the troops in the south use to march north?
(a) A half time jogging pace.
(b) A pace no army in the known world can match.
(c) A very slow pace.
(d) They are running in a rout.

5. Who comes down from the heights to support the Scottish hit by a surprise silent attack on Fuentes de Onoro?
(a) The Highlanders.
(b) The 307th Rifle Brigade.
(c) The close quarters mounted troops.
(d) The Warwicks.

6. What part of his army did Wellington send south?
(a) The fifth division.
(b) The seventh division.
(c) The 307th. greencoat battalion.
(d) The Warwicks and the Highlanders.

7. What does Tarrant want Sharpe's greencoats to do?
(a) Join the troops in the south.
(b) Guard Tarrant and his staff.
(c) Report to the colonel in charge of defending the village.
(d) Guard the ammunition wagons.

8. To what staff does Tarrant belong?
(a) Administration.
(b) Tactics and strategy.
(c) Artillery officer.
(d) Quartermaster.

9. What is Father Sarsfield's real name?
(a) Father Mallon.
(b) Kevin Connonlly.
(c) Paul MacKenzie.
(d) Father O'Reefe.

10. What does Harper see lying in the dirt that he picks up?
(a) A knife.
(b) A rag doll.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) A stuffed pony.

11. What does Wellington abandon when his forces are united?
(a) The roads for withdrawal.
(b) Fuentes de Onoro.
(c) The west side of the river.
(d) The forest in the east.

12. Why did people in the era of Sharpe's Battle pay money to insane asylums?
(a) To watch the patients.
(b) As charity giving.
(c) To have better care for a relative.
(d) To be able to hire the less insane people for dirty work.

13. Why are the Spanish partisans in Nave de Haver?
(a) To be the first line defense against the cosairs.
(b) To watch the southern flank of the British army.
(c) To protect their families.
(d) To scout the eastern flank of the French army.

14. What message is sent to Massena from the French dragoons?
(a) They are heading for Poco Velha.
(b) All of the people in Nave de Haver are now prisoners.
(c) They are staying in Nave de Haver.
(d) There were no Spanish partisans in Nave de Haver.

15. What does Hogan throw into Kiely's grave?
(a) Kiely's sword.
(b) A gold cross.
(c) The coat of arms from the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(d) Some dirt from Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many French soldiers are in Almeida?

2. What does Sharpe with Father Sarsfield?

3. Who kills Juanita?

4. What does Sharpe say to Hogan about Sarsfield?

5. What does Hogan tell Sharpe about Sharpe's change in status?

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