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

2. Why do some of the soldiers prowl through the bodies after the battle?
(a) Searching for valuables.
(b) To spit on the enemy.
(c) Collecting weapons.
(d) Looking for friends.

3. Why is Sharpe feeling bitter and defeated after the first battle at the village?
(a) He has killed so many young men that day.
(b) He wants to quit the army.
(c) Facing the court of inquiry.
(d) He thinks the British are going to lose.

4. What does Donaju ask Sharpe about Kiely's suicide?
(a) If Sharpe knew Kiely was going to do it.
(b) If Sharpe had heard about it.
(c) If Sharpe knew where Kiely had done it.
(d) If Father Sarsfield had talked to the men about it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe using to look at the French troops?

2. What does Wellington see when overlooking Fuentes de Onoro?

3. What do the Spanish say about San Isidoro?

4. Who is Sir William Erskine?

5. What is different about the way the Highlanders and the 88th. Irish attack the French on the slopes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hogan set up confronting Father Sarsfield?

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

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

5. What do the French do at the church in Nave de Haver?

6. What is Valverde's argument about Sharpe?

7. Why is Wellington enraged with Erkins?

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

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

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

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