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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 have the French called an unofficial truce?
(a) To collect their dead and wounded.
(b) To study the British position.
(c) To decide if they will attack again.
(d) To rest.

2. What is different about the way the Highlanders and the 88th. Irish attack the French on the slopes?
(a) They have not fixed bayonets.
(b) They are rolling boulders before them.
(c) They do it in utter silence.
(d) They do not stop for a customery volley first.

3. What does Sarsfield do after Hogan talks to him?
(a) Hit him in the face.
(b) Spit on him.
(c) Knock him in the grave.
(d) Pulls out a loaded pistol.

4. How does Massena react towards the split British army?
(a) Curious.
(b) Gloating.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Sharpe with Father Sarsfield?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Talk to him.
(c) Run a bayonet through his leg.
(d) Restrain him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the person in question #130 blame San Isidoro on Sharpe?

2. What are Sharpe and his men doing to aid the troops marching north?

3. Where does Sharpe go after leaving Wellington?

4. About what does Sharpe lecture Donaju?

5. Why is Massena frustrated with the British troops northward march?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hogan and Wellington decide about Sharpe and the battle at Isidoro?

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

3. What do Hogan and Wellington talk about as far as Almeida is concerned?

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

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

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

7. How does Hogan set up confronting Father Sarsfield?

8. What is Valverde's argument about Sharpe?

9. Why do the French call a temporary truce and what do two French and British officers do during the truce?

10. How does the second large battle for Fuentes de Onoro start and which British troops are involved?

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