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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is dead in the village?
(a) Every man, woman, child and animal except one man.
(b) All the mercenary soldiers but none of the villagers.
(c) A few peasants, but most of the villagers are alive.
(d) No one.

2. Who is Major Kearsey?
(a) The head of the Provosts.
(b) Wellington's contact in Brussels.
(c) Sharpe's contact in Almeida.
(d) Sharpe's contact in Brest.

3. What does Harper say delays him?
(a) Investigating a scream.
(b) Spaining his ankle in a hole.
(c) Slipping in the manure.
(d) A lone Frenchman.

4. What is the South Essex Regiment of riflemen?
(a) The unit commanded by the Duke of York.
(b) The unit that Sharpe wants to join.
(c) Sharpe's unit.
(d) The unit commanded by the Prince of Orange.

5. Who is Michael Hogan?
(a) A British gunsmith.
(b) An Irish scout.
(c) An Irish engineer.
(d) A British blacksmith.

6. Who are Provosts?
(a) They are in the vanguard and responsible for reconnaissance.
(b) They are French spies.
(c) They are the support personnel.
(d) They are responsible for keeping the troops from pillaging the towns.

7. How do the British attempt to stay on good terms with the locals?
(a) By giving them money.
(b) By not looting or doing other criminal acts.
(c) By helping them with the harvest.
(d) By routing out the French.

8. How do the men feel as they are being escorted across the terrain by the Partisans?
(a) Elated that they are about to complete their mission.
(b) Like prisoners.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Exhausted.

9. To what does El Catolico admit?
(a) Using one bag of gold.
(b) Killing Hardy.
(c) Leading the Partisans in a circle.
(d) Killing Moreno.

10. What is Knowles' rank?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Major.
(c) Sargeant.
(d) Captain.

11. Who guides Sharpe and Harper through the terrain?
(a) Kearsey.
(b) Hagman.
(c) Harris.
(d) El Catolico.

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

13. Who does Sharpe take as a hostage?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Hardy.
(d) Knowles.

14. Who reminds the men of their own mortality?
(a) Ramon.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Teresa.

15. What does Harper relate to Knowles?
(a) That Sharpe is badly wounded from a duel with El Catolico.
(b) The story of Harper finding the gold.
(c) That several men are being questioned in the stockade.
(d) That El Catolico plans to ambush the company.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa distract the Polish lancers?

2. With what is Ramon impressed?

3. What worries Sharpe?

4. Who are tied to two horses coming out of town?

5. How is Sharpe's morale?

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