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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 does Sharpe think the men desert?
(a) They don't like Kiely's fighting philosophy.
(b) They are only for guarding the king.
(c) They are Irish.
(d) They are not deserting.

2. Who commanded the gatehouse not be opened during the attack?
(a) Juanita de Elia.
(b) Captain Eduardo de la Engiesie.
(c) Lord Kiely.
(d) Captain Donaju.

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

4. What does El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?
(a) That he and his men killed forty of Loup's soldiers.
(b) That Loup is coming again in two days.
(c) That Loup is holed up in a small village nearby.
(d) That he has found more deserters.

5. When did Loup kill Oliveira?
(a) He didn't kill Oliveira.
(b) When Oliveira ran for the barracks.
(c) When Loup found him in the hills.
(d) When Oliveira tried to surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does San Cristobal appear when Sharpe arrives there?

2. What does one of the Frenchmen do immediately?

3. What does Sharpe tell the men about dead deserters?

4. How many of the Officers of the Real Compañía Irlandesa were killed or wounded?

5. What are the two keys of Spain, according to the French?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kiely tell Sharpe about the French and about his men?

3. What information about the Royal Guard is Hogan and Wellington not aware?

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

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

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

7. How does Sharpe find out what happened to the Portuguese ammunition wagons?

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

9. Where are the Real Compañía Irlandesa sent and how do the soldiers feel about their situation?

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

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