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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the only Spanish people fighting the war?
(a) No one.
(b) Peasants.
(c) The merchant class.
(d) The nobles.

4. Where does Kearsey say the gold is hidden?
(a) In a vault in the graveyard.
(b) Under the hermitage in the Moreno family vault.
(c) In a secret passageway in the fortress.
(d) It is not in the village.

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

6. Who are Robert Knowles and Patrick Harper?
(a) Two soldiers who have gone awol.
(b) Two men who are double agents.
(c) The two best spies in the British army.
(d) Two men discussing Sharpe.

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

8. Who is El Catolico marrying?
(a) Cadiz's daugther.
(b) Sharpe's sister.
(c) Knowles' sister.
(d) Moreno's daughter.

9. Who is Lieutenant Colonel William Lawford?
(a) Sharpe's commander.
(b) Sharpe's brother-in-law.
(c) The commander of the 9th heavy artillery.
(d) The commander of the Provosts.

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

11. Where do Teresa and El Catolico say Hardy is?
(a) The French have him.
(b) He returned to Madrid.
(c) He returned to Portugal.
(d) He is dead.

12. Who is Ramon?
(a) Sharpe's quartermaster.
(b) A man who is nailed to the wall.
(c) Harper's best friend besides Sharpe.
(d) A man who knows where the gold is.

13. To what does Teresa admit?
(a) That there is much more gold in the village.
(b) That El Catolico killed Moreno.
(c) That El Catolico killed Hardy.
(d) That the French have more gold.

14. What do they discover when they look for the gold?
(a) It is far less than Kearsey had indicated.
(b) It is iron bars painted to look like gold.
(c) It is mostly silver.
(d) It is no longer where Kearsey thought it was.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Ramon impressed?

2. What does Keasey want to tell the Spanish?

3. Who guides Sharpe and Harper through the terrain?

4. What does Sharpe think about El Catolico?

5. Why does Kearsey halt the group outside Casatejada?

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