View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wellington think about his decision to send part of his army south?
(a) It is a mistake.
(b) It is brilliant planning.
(c) It could go either right or wrong.
(d) He should have sent them east.

3. What is Sharpe using to look at the French troops?
(a) A telescope.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) A pair of glasses.

4. What did Hogan know about Juanita?
(a) She was sleeping with Sharpe.
(b) She was an undercover British agent.
(c) She was not working with Ducos.
(d) She was not distributing the newspapers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Wellington not march on Badajoz or Cadiz?

2. When Massena sends in ten fresh battalions what is the fight over?

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

4. Who comes down from the heights to support the Scottish hit by a surprise silent attack on Fuentes de Onoro?

5. What does Kiely learn when Sharpe returns to San Isidoro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the Spanish partisans set up to watch the southern flank and what happens to them?

2. How does Hogan set up confronting Father Sarsfield?

3. How does Harper's superstitious action turn out?

4. How does Sharpe, Runciman, and the Real Compañía Irlandesa get involved in the battle for Fuentes de Onoro?

5. Who are the three soldiers in charge of ammunition distribution? Why are two of the soldiers on that duty and what are their names?

6. What is Wellington doing when he realizes he has made a mistake, and what is that mistake?

7. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

8. How are the southern British troops threatened and what do they do about it?

9. What does Loup do when he and his men first arrive at the village and what does he see that makes him disregard his assignment from Massena? What does he disregard his assignment?

10. How does Sharpe kill Loup and how is Sharpe wounded?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,102 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample