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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will Runciman be doing when he leaves Spain?
(a) Heading up the militia.
(b) Resigning from the army.
(c) Taking an admistrative post in London.
(d) Going to Portugal.

3. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?
(a) Sharpe's court of inquiry.
(b) How Sharpe fought in the battle.
(c) That Loup is dead.
(d) That the young lieutenant died.

4. What does Sarsfield do after Hogan talks to him?
(a) Knock him in the grave.
(b) Pulls out a loaded pistol.
(c) Spit on him.
(d) Hit him in the face.

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

6. Why have the French called an unofficial truce?
(a) To study the British position.
(b) To rest.
(c) To decide if they will attack again.
(d) To collect their dead and wounded.

7. Why is the open plain a bad place for the British to be?
(a) A fire could annihilate them.
(b) There is no good hiding places.
(c) It opens them up to cavalry attacks.
(d) Artillery can reach them easier.

8. When Massena sends in ten fresh battalions what is the fight over?
(a) The French held outskirts of Fuentes de Onoro.
(b) The part of Fuentes de Onoro cut by a stream.
(c) The last few feet of the slope behind Fuentes de Onoro.
(d) The middle o Fuentes de Onoro.

9. Who helps the British drive the French out during the French's first attack at the village?
(a) The Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(b) Sharpe's greencoats.
(c) The Highlanders and Warwicks.
(d) Hogans elite ranger force.

10. What do Wellington and Hogan decide about Sharpe?
(a) He is going to be sent to Portugal.
(b) He will replace Runciman as wagon master.
(c) He will have to be sacrificed.
(d) He will be given his own company.

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

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

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

14. What formation is difficult for cavalry to attack?
(a) A square with bayonets held outward.
(b) Troops in a forest.
(c) Troops in the Roman turtle formation.
(d) Troops in a wedge.

15. What do the French dragoons do when they come through Nave de Haver the morning after the truce?
(a) Ride through on their way north.
(b) Stop and recruit soldiers.
(c) Slaughter the partisans.
(d) Look for spies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan tell Wellington about the French forces?

2. What does Loup tell the men about the wounded?

3. To what staff does Tarrant belong?

4. Which British troops head north while the French are attacking Fuentes de Onoro in hopes of joining the defense?

5. Concerning Father Sarsfield, what have the British been trying to do?

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