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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 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 hit the British on its northern flank.
(c) To take the middle of Fuentes de Onoro.
(d) To clear the village of the dead.

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

3. Concerning Father Sarsfield, what have the British been trying to do?
(a) Find his brother.
(b) Recruit him as a double agent.
(c) Find him.
(d) Kill him.

4. What does Hogan throw into Kiely's grave?
(a) The coat of arms from the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(b) Some dirt from Ireland.
(c) Kiely's sword.
(d) A gold cross.

5. Why is Massena frustrated with the British troops northward march?
(a) He wants to personally kill Wellington.
(b) His cavalry cannot attack them.
(c) They have taken out much of the French artillery.
(d) They block his route to Fuentes de Onoro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Donaju to do?

2. What does Sharpe say to Hogan about Sarsfield?

3. Why are the two soldiers with Tarrant assigned to him?

4. What does Hogan tell Sharpe about Sharpe's change in status?

5. Why is the open plain a bad place for the British to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe persuade Harper to do and why?

2. What do Sharpe and Hogan agree on after Sharpe shoots Sarsfield and what do they do?

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

4. What does Hogan tell Wellington about the French and Almeida?

5. Who do Sharpe and Harper join in the first battle for the village and what happens to that person?

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

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

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

9. What does Hogan say to Sarsfield?

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

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