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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joaquim Jovellanos?
(a) The second in command of the Partisans.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Moreno's bodyguard.
(d) Teresa's fiance.

2. Who is Cesar Moreno?
(a) The leader of a group of mercenaries.
(b) The mayor of Almeida.
(c) The mayor of Cadiz.
(d) The leader of a guerrilla army.

3. What does El Catolico say he will do to Sharpe's men?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Report them.
(c) Reward them.
(d) Lead them on a shortcut.

4. Where does Sharpe his men to go?
(a) Stay in the woods.
(b) With him.
(c) Casatejada.
(d) Villanea.

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

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

7. Why does Sharpe follow the beautiful woman they just rescued?
(a) He thinks he has met her before.
(b) He is afraid she might get hurt in the fighting.
(c) He wants to interrogate her.
(d) He thinks she must be important to the enemy.

8. Why does Sharpe have suspicions about Kearsey?
(a) Because of Hogan.
(b) He changes his story several times.
(c) He has a strange accent.
(d) He seems shifty.

9. Why does Kearsey halt the group outside Casatejada?
(a) They are waiting for the artillery to arrive.
(b) The French lie in wait to ambush anyone.
(c) They need to rest before fighting.
(d) He has to sneak in and warn the town not to shoot.

10. Who arrives for Sharpe to question?
(a) Ramon.
(b) Teresa.
(c) El Catolico.
(d) Moreno.

11. 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) No one.
(d) A few peasants, but most of the villagers are alive.

12. Who do they use to find their way through the dark?
(a) A dog.
(b) Harper.
(c) Hagman.
(d) Kearsey.

13. Who does El Catolico trust?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Tereasa.
(c) Cox.
(d) Kearsey.

14. Why is Sharpe pleased?
(a) Because Teresa is in the village.
(b) Because El Catolico asks for a meeting.
(c) Because Harper has an excellent plan to rescue Kearsey.
(d) Because Kearsey is not chained in an obscure location.

15. Who kills the French Colonel?
(a) Kearsey.
(b) Harper.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) A beautiful woman who is tied up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of Sharpe's man left alive?

2. What does Harper relate to Knowles?

3. Where is most of the ammunition stored in Almeida?

4. What does Sharpe think about El Catolico?

5. What does Harper say delays him?

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