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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who must approve Sharpe's promotion?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) The King.
(d) The Horse Guards in Whitehall.

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

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

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

5. What does Sharpe's men have orders to do to pursuers?
(a) Strip and send back to the village.
(b) Shoot to kill.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Torture for information.

6. How does Kearsey fall off his horse?
(a) He is stabbed by a Polish lancer.
(b) A bird startles the horse.
(c) He is shot by a French archer.
(d) He is accidentally shot by the Spanish.

7. What does Sharpe order Reid to do?
(a) Kill El Catolico.
(b) Take the wounded to safety.
(c) Go with Sharpe.
(d) Guard Teresa.

8. Where is most of the ammunition stored in Almeida?
(a) A vault in the cemetary.
(b) The armory.
(c) In several deep caves in the surrounding hills.
(d) The cathedral.

9. How does the woman lead Sharpe to his men?
(a) Through several alleyways.
(b) Through a trap door.
(c) Around the west side of town.
(d) The men find Sharpe.

10. Who do Harper and Sharpe capture?
(a) A Polish lancer.
(b) A Polish General.
(c) A German artillery man.
(d) A Spanish interpreter.

11. Against what are the French well fortified?
(a) A sneak attack.
(b) Heavy artillery.
(c) Riflemen.
(d) Lancers.

12. With what is Ramon impressed?
(a) The way Sharpe fought off half a dozen men to save Teresa.
(b) Sharpe's Riflemen company.
(c) The way Sharpe fights.
(d) El Catolico's sword work.

13. Who is Cox?
(a) The head of the Provosts in Peauqot.
(b) The English commander at Almeida.
(c) The English commander at Brussels.
(d) The English commander at Brest.

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

15. Who appears to be a strong Christian?
(a) Kearsey.
(b) Moreno.
(c) Cox.
(d) Hogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who points out the possible danger to Sharpe?

2. Who are Provosts?

3. Who does El Catolico trust?

4. Who is dead in the village?

5. What does Harper relate to Knowles?

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