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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. What is the name of the Lieutenant who is with Sharpe?
(a) John Murray.
(b) Stephen Blackman.
(c) Harry Price.
(d) Horace Lipton.

2. How can the British defend the barracks?
(a) From the second floor eaves.
(b) Through the windows.
(c) From the roof.
(d) Through loopholes.

3. Who talks to Sharpe about a morale problem?
(a) Harper.
(b) Olivier.
(c) Morris.
(d) Runciman.

4. What does Sharpe convince Runciman to do?
(a) Appropriate some muskets for the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(b) Get more ammunition.
(c) Get better food for the troops.
(d) Have the general inspect the troops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe suggest the rumors are false?

2. What does Ducos disapprove of as far as soldiers go?

3. Why was Sharpe able to get El Castrador to see him?

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

5. When does Ducos point out Guy Loup to Juanita de Elia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sharpe frustrated at the beginning of the book, what does Harper do about it and how does Sharpe respond to Harper?

2. Who is with the Portuguese and why is Sharpe happy about that?

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

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

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

7. What do Sharpe and his men find in the village when they get there?

8. What is happening with the Real Compañía Irlandesa that worries Sharpe?

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

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

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