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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the French leave San Isidoro?
(a) The Portuguese outflank them.
(b) Two ammunition wagons blow up.
(c) British reinforcements arrive.
(d) Loup is wounded.

2. What does Sharpe hand to a young Spanish woman?
(a) Some brandy.
(b) A canteen of water.
(c) A map.
(d) A dress.

3. What is Richard Sharpe and his troops' dilemma at the beginning of the book?
(a) They are lost.
(b) They are surrounded.
(c) They have no ammunition.
(d) They have no food.

4. Who is the one officer in the Real Compañía Irlandesa that Sharpe respects?
(a) Captain Donaju.
(b) Major Johnson.
(c) Captain Olivier.
(d) Lieutenant O'Riley.

5. What does a look-out spot below them?
(a) A French soldier stopping to urinate.
(b) A deer.
(c) Two hundred British soldiers.
(d) A woman who is injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ducos want to do with Spain?

2. What does Donju suggest about the British and the men of the Real Compañía Irlandesa?

3. What does El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?

4. What does Ducos think about Loup's capabilities?

5. Why is Father Sarsfield impressed with Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the battle at the barracks when Loup's troops attack.

2. What does Sharpe find out from Donaju about Kiely?

3. What happens to the Portuguese battalion in Loup's attack?

4. How does the Portuguese battalion arrive, with whom does Sharpe meet, what kind of man is he and why is the battalion there?

5. How does Sharpe deal with the problem of desertion?

6. What does Loup tell Ducos about Sharpe and how does Ducos feel about Loup's disclosure?

7. What happens to the Real Compañía Irlandesa officers in Loup's attack?

8. What is in the letter from the Spanish king to General Wellington that upsets him?

9. What does Sharpe asks El Castrador about the village where Loup is and who goes there with Sharpe?

10. What is Sharpe ordered to do with the Real and why?

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