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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Wellington withdraw if he lost at Almeida?
(a) Across a narrow bridge spanning a rocky canyon.
(b) Into the mountains.
(c) He would be caught with the ocean at his back.
(d) Across a deep river.

2. Who is Sir William Erskine?
(a) The Spanish advisor to the British.
(b) The commander of the siege troops at Almeida.
(c) An acquaintance of Wellington's.
(d) Sharpe's commanding officer.

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

4. About what does Sharpe lecture Donaju?
(a) How important ammunition is in battle.
(b) A soldier's duty.
(c) The men of the Real Compañía Irlandesa not being ready to fight.
(d) The immorality of suicide.

5. What does Donaju ask Sharpe about Kiely's suicide?
(a) If Father Sarsfield had talked to the men about it.
(b) If Sharpe knew Kiely was going to do it.
(c) If Sharpe knew where Kiely had done it.
(d) If Sharpe had heard about it.

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

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

8. What does Sharpe see when looking at the French?
(a) Juanita de Elia.
(b) The grey uniforms of the Loup brigade.
(c) Pierre Ducos.
(d) Massena and Loup.

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

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

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

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

13. What will calling Sharpe to task do?
(a) Show the troops war crimes will not be tolerated.
(b) Show other officers that are responsible for their men.
(c) Prove the British care about foreign troops.
(d) Show the French the upper echelons do not kill prisoners.

14. Where does Sharpe find Juanita de Elia in San Cristobal?
(a) In the stables.
(b) In the bath house.
(c) In the mayor's basement.
(d) In a house with chimney smoke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan throw into Kiely's grave?

2. How does Donaju feel about going to Cadiz?

3. What was Hogan's response to Sharpe's comment about Sarsfield?

4. What does Kiely do when he learns about the change in his life?

5. Where does Sharpe go after leaving Wellington?

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