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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Ayres do?
(a) Kills one of Sharpe's men.
(b) Shoots at Sharpe from behind a barndoor.
(c) Argues with Sharpe about the war.
(d) Catches one of Sharpe's men with a chicken.

2. What does Sharpe say he must do?
(a) Rest and recuperate.
(b) Kill Kearsey.
(c) Send a message to El Catolico.
(d) Go to Wellington.

3. How is Sharpe's morale?
(a) He is despondent and sure the war is lost.
(b) About the same as the others around him.
(c) He is happy and completely optimistic not just about the war but about life in general.
(d) Not the same as the others around him.

4. How is the morale of the forces aligned against Napoleon?
(a) Low and feeling as though the war is lost.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Elated.
(d) Angry.

5. Where do Harper and Sharpe go to rescue Kearsey?
(a) Moreno's old house.
(b) The church.
(c) The cemetary.
(d) The tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds the fort at Almeida?

2. With what is Massena having problems?

3. Who is Cox?

4. What pleases Knowles as he arrives at the manure pile?

5. What does Lossow feel about his imminent encounter with the French?

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