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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Historical Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe find as he is digging in the grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Most of the treasure.
(c) A few gold coins.
(d) A few gold ingots.

2. How is Kearsey performance as a guide?
(a) Unrealistic.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Bungling.

3. What has Sharpe been told about the gold?
(a) They are not discussing the gold anymore since survival is more important.
(b) It should stay with Cox.
(c) It should be left at Almeida.
(d) It is more important to the war effort than anything else.

4. Who are tied to two horses coming out of town?
(a) No one.
(b) Two women.
(c) Naked French soldiers.
(d) Two naked Spanish peasants.

5. What does Sharpe tell Hogan about the explosion?
(a) A falsified account.
(b) A detailed account.
(c) Almost nothing.
(d) Just that it happened and the list of deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who descends upon Sharpe's company?

2. To what does El Catolico admit?

3. How do the men feel as they are being escorted across the terrain by the Partisans?

4. What does Harper relate to Knowles?

5. What is being built for which they needed the gold so badly?

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