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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 formation is difficult for cavalry to attack?
(a) Troops in the Roman turtle formation.
(b) Troops in a wedge.
(c) Troops in a forest.
(d) A square with bayonets held outward.

2. What does Massena tell Loup to do when Massena's bluecoats begin to clear the skyline?
(a) To push the troops the last few feet up the sloop.
(b) To clear the village of the dead.
(c) To take the middle of Fuentes de Onoro.
(d) To hit the British on its northern flank.

3. Which British troops head north while the French are attacking Fuentes de Onoro in hopes of joining the defense?
(a) The Light Division.
(b) The 307th Rifle Brigade.
(c) The Highlanders.
(d) There is no one left south of Fuentes de Onoro.

4. What does Loup tell Juanita to do when they reach Fuentes de Onoro?
(a) To stay with him.
(b) To sneak around the side and kill Sharpe.
(c) To stay with the horses.
(d) To go near Massena so she will be protected.

5. What is the only choice left for the British to retreat?
(a) Going through a heavy growth forest.
(b) There are no choices for retreat.
(c) Taking Almeida.
(d) A narrow bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Donaju feel about going to Cadiz?

2. Who helps the British drive the French out during the French's first attack at the village?

3. What does Wellington think about his decision to send part of his army south?

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

5. Where does Sharpe find Juanita de Elia in San Cristobal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do when he hears Loup shouting out commands in the battle and what do the soldiers around them do?

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

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

5. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

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

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

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

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

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

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