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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only choice left for the British to retreat?
(a) Going through a heavy growth forest.
(b) Taking Almeida.
(c) There are no choices for retreat.
(d) A narrow bridge.

2. What does Sharpe say about Kiely's suicide?
(a) The men are better off without Kiely.
(b) He wouldn't have done it if he'd not gotten drunk.
(c) It was too bad it did it.
(d) There are better ways to kill oneself.

3. Where does Sharpe go after leaving Wellington?
(a) To the command center in the village.
(b) To the slope where the French are pushing.
(c) Behind the Highlanders.
(d) To the village towards the Wolf Brigade.

4. What excuse do Sharpe and Harper use to go to the village?
(a) See if the troops need ammunition.
(b) See if the troops are in position.
(c) Find out if the colonel wants his greencoats now.
(d) See where to position his greencoats.

5. Who wants to become Generalissimo of Spain?
(a) Valverde.
(b) El Castrador.
(c) Wellington.
(d) Count de la Phillipe.

6. Why are the two soldiers with Tarrant assigned to him?
(a) They are both company clerks.
(b) They are masters at tactics.
(c) They are his nephews.
(d) They are injured.

7. What does the person in question #130 have to prove?
(a) That Spain can hold its own against the French.
(b) That Sharpe is a criminal.
(c) An English should not be in charge of Spaniards.
(d) That the Spanish soldiers will not obey the English.

8. What does Sharpe say to Hogan about Sarsfield?
(a) He was surprised at his behavior.
(b) He liked him.
(c) He was disappointed in him.
(d) He did not trust him.

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

10. Where is the item Harper picked up at after the battle?
(a) In a puddle of blood.
(b) It is under a rock.
(c) He left it in a French soldier.
(d) He lost it at the surgeon's area.

11. Why does Sharpe gasp as he is watching the battle with Wellington?
(a) He sees some of his greencoats being ambushed.
(b) He sees the young lieutenant overrun.
(c) He sees the grey wolf banner.
(d) He sees Juanita.

12. Why is Sharpe feeling bitter and defeated after the first battle at the village?
(a) He has killed so many young men that day.
(b) He thinks the British are going to lose.
(c) Facing the court of inquiry.
(d) He wants to quit the army.

13. Which British troops head north while the French are attacking Fuentes de Onoro in hopes of joining the defense?
(a) The Highlanders.
(b) There is no one left south of Fuentes de Onoro.
(c) The Light Division.
(d) The 307th Rifle Brigade.

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

15. About what does Donaju complain to Sharpe?
(a) Having to guard the ammunition.
(b) Not being able to attend Kiely's burial.
(c) Having the men's muskets taken from them.
(d) Having to take over command.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many French soldiers are in Almeida?

2. What are Sharpe and his men doing to aid the troops marching north?

3. What does Sharpe think the French will do if the French believe they are surrounded?

4. Why do some of the soldiers prowl through the bodies after the battle?

5. With what is Sharpe cutting his hair?

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