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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe ask Runciman?
(a) If he will tell Donaju to take the Real Compañía Irlandesa behind French lines.
(b) If he is ready to die.
(c) If he wants to beat the court of inquiry.
(d) If he wants to go back farther from the fighting.

3. What does Loup tell the men about the wounded?
(a) To finish them off with a mercy stroke.
(b) Not to be gentle with them.
(c) To take them to the waiting French surgeons.
(d) To ignore them.

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

5. Why do some of the soldiers prowl through the bodies after the battle?
(a) Searching for valuables.
(b) Looking for friends.
(c) Collecting weapons.
(d) To spit on the enemy.

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

7. What do the Spanish say about San Isidoro?
(a) No Spanish were killed there.
(b) Loup would not have attacked if not for Sharpe.
(c) Sharpe should have won the battle.
(d) It was too old to be a fort.

8. How does Massena react towards the split British army?
(a) Angry.
(b) Curious.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Gloating.

9. How does Massena feel when the British in the south join the northern force?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Defeated.
(d) Smug, it was what he wanted them to do.

10. What is happening a the church in Nave de Haver when the French dragoons ride into town?
(a) It is empty.
(b) A mass is just beginning.
(c) There is a baptism being done.
(d) There is a wedding going on.

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

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

13. What does Sharpe with Father Sarsfield?
(a) Talk to him.
(b) Run a bayonet through his leg.
(c) Restrain him.
(d) Shoot him.

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

15. What does Hogan tell Sharpe about Sharpe's change in status?
(a) Sharpe will be attached permanently to the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(b) Sharpe is being court-martialed.
(c) Sharpe is on administrative duties.
(d) Wellington is demoting Sharpe back to enlisted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Massena given Loup the orders he gave?

2. Who kills Juanita?

3. What are Sharpe and his riflemen doing when they are moving south?

4. What does Hogan do on the way to Kiely's burial?

5. What does Tarrant say about the French in relationship to his job?

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