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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 is Wellington's opinion of Erskine?
(a) Erskine is a good soldier.
(b) Erskine is a double agent.
(c) Erskine is corrupte.
(d) Erskine is insane.

2. What was Hogan's response to Sharpe's comment about Sarsfield?
(a) He laughs at Sharpe.
(b) He argues with Sharpe.
(c) He disagrees with Sharpe.
(d) He agrees with Sharpe.

3. What part of his army did Wellington send south?
(a) The fifth division.
(b) The Warwicks and the Highlanders.
(c) The seventh division.
(d) The 307th. greencoat battalion.

4. Where does Sharpe go after leaving Wellington?
(a) To the slope where the French are pushing.
(b) Behind the Highlanders.
(c) To the command center in the village.
(d) To the village towards the Wolf Brigade.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many French soldiers are in Almeida?

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

4. What does the person in question #130 have to prove?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who and what does Sharpe find at a house in San Cristobal?

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

5. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

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

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

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

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

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