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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 does Loup tell the men about the wounded?
(a) Not to be gentle with them.
(b) To ignore them.
(c) To take them to the waiting French surgeons.
(d) To finish them off with a mercy stroke.

2. How does Massena feel when the British in the south join the northern force?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Smug, it was what he wanted them to do.
(d) Surprised.

3. What does Harper see lying in the dirt that he picks up?
(a) A knife.
(b) A stuffed pony.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) A rag doll.

4. What are Sharpe and his men doing to aid the troops marching north?
(a) They are interspersed in the troops.
(b) They use caltrops to slow the cavalry.
(c) Killing cavalry officers and horses.
(d) They are not in the south.

5. Who comes down from the heights to support the Scottish hit by a surprise silent attack on Fuentes de Onoro?
(a) The Highlanders.
(b) The Warwicks.
(c) The 307th Rifle Brigade.
(d) The close quarters mounted troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?

2. What does Hogan do on the way to Kiely's burial?

3. What does Sharpe think the French will do if the French believe they are surrounded?

4. Where do Sharpe and Loup meet to fight?

5. Concerning Father Sarsfield, what have the British been trying to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sharpe and his men help the southern troops?

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

3. What is Kiely's reaction to Juanita being caught by Sharpe?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Massena react to the southern troops joining the northern ones and what does Wellington do after the army is reunited?

10. How does Hogan set up confronting Father Sarsfield?

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