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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe think the French will do if the French believe they are surrounded?
(a) They will surrender.
(b) They will form up a wedge.
(c) They will bring in artillery.
(d) They will bolt.

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

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

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

6. What does Sharpe tell Donaju to do?
(a) Ready the Real Compañía Irlandesa for battle.
(b) Have some of the greencoats go help the ones being ambushed.
(c) Get an ammunition wagon ready to go.
(d) Pull the Real Compañía Irlandesa back from the heights.

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

8. What would happen if Wellington lost his entire force?
(a) It would cut the English army in half.
(b) England would have to leave Spain.
(c) He would be stripped of command.
(d) He would be executed.

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

10. Where do Sharpe and Loup meet to fight?
(a) On the slopes overlooking the village.
(b) In the middle of the village.
(c) Almost at the French lines.
(d) In the middle of the stream.

11. What does Hogan do on the way to Kiely's burial?
(a) Get Father Sarsfield to do the burial.
(b) Stop and have a drink.
(c) Pull Sharpe aside.
(d) Have Harper hide behind a wall near the grave.

12. 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.

13. What is Wellington's opinion of Erskine?
(a) Erskine is a good soldier.
(b) Erskine is a double agent.
(c) Erskine is corrupte.
(d) Erskine is insane.

14. Why has Massena given Loup the orders he gave?
(a) To save his men for the final push.
(b) In hopes that Loup will be killed.
(c) To give Loup an opportunity for glory.
(d) To keep him out of battle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?

2. What does Sharpe say to Hogan about Sarsfield?

3. Who are the biggest and most fierce fighters of the French?

4. What will Runciman be doing when he leaves Spain?

5. Who wants to become Generalissimo of Spain?

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