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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. How does de Elia feel towards Loup?
(a) She is indifferent to him.
(b) She is attracted to him.
(c) She despises him.
(d) She is angry at him.

2. Why is Father Sarsfield impressed with Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe can pick locks.
(b) Sharpe came up through the ranks.
(c) Sharpe has captured a French eagle.
(d) Sharpe is known as a famous swordsman.

3. What are the two keys of Spain, according to the French?
(a) Controlling the coast and Almeida.
(b) Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo.
(c) Almeida and Badajoz.
(d) Killing the king and burning Madrid.

4. How do they know who the man is who saved them?
(a) They found the man's tobacco tin.
(b) They never found out.
(c) It was the man assigned to guard that area.
(d) Loup left the man hanging from a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is El Castrador's response to Sharpe's question?

2. What do the British need the most in their scapegoat for San Isidoro?

3. How does Sharpe feel about Runciman surviving?

4. Who is chasing Juanita across the plains?

5. What does Sharpe leave on the ridge when he orders his men into the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe see from the hill he is on, and what does he decide to do about it? What changes his decision?

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

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

4. What does Sharpe see when they arrive at the village where Loup is supposed to be and what does Sharpe do there?

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

6. How does Juanita arrive at San Isidoro and what is the response of some of the men?

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

8. How does Juanita first see Loup, what is her impression and how do Loup and her feel when they meet?

9. What kind of problem do Sarsfield and Donaju bring to Sharpe and what is his response?

10. Who is the liaison officer between the Real Compañía Irlandesa and the British, what is he like, where has he served before and how does he feel about his appointment?

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