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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do they stop Sharpe's wound from bleeding?
(a) It stops on its own.
(b) They cauterize it.
(c) They wrap it tightly.
(d) They use spider webs.

2. What does Sharpe learn when the messages arrive?
(a) That he is ordered to turn the gold over to Cox.
(b) His is not there.
(c) There is one for him from Wellington.
(d) There are three for him.

3. About what does Sharpe ask at the telegraph office?
(a) How much it costs to send a telegram.
(b) If the lines are repaired yet.
(c) The way messages are sent.
(d) If the lines run all the way to Maderia.

4. Why does Sharpe also give Teresa his own rifle?
(a) Hers was lost in the explosion.
(b) The one she was using belongs to Harper.
(c) The one she was using belongs to Roman.
(d) He does not give her his rifle; he gives her his knife.

5. Who brings a barrel of gunpowder?
(a) Helmet and Harper.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Just Harper since he's the only one Sharpe trusts.
(d) Just Helmet since he's the only one Sharpe trusts.

6. Who rescues Sharpe and his men?
(a) Captain Lossow.
(b) No one.
(c) Wellington.
(d) The Partisans.

7. What was the real cause of the explosion?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) A careless fire.
(c) A French shell.
(d) A careless pipe smoker.

8. What does Sharpe notice as he leaves his sleeping quarters?
(a) That the Spanish have joined the French.
(b) That the siege has started.
(c) That the French have left in the night.
(d) That the siege has not yet started.

9. Who are firing on the French?
(a) No one.
(b) The Portuguese gunners.
(c) Wellington's heavy artillery.
(d) The Partisans.

10. Who has been teaching Teresa how to use a saber?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Sergeant Helmet.
(d) Harper.

11. How does Sharpe feel after talking to Cox?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Desperate.

12. What does Lossow feel about his imminent encounter with the French?
(a) He does not express an opinion.
(b) He is grossly outnumbered and may have to retreat.
(c) He believes the Partisans will help him.
(d) His men will have no problems.

13. What is being built for which they needed the gold so badly?
(a) Several new frigates.
(b) The Lines of Torres Vedras.
(c) A new fort near the French border.
(d) The gold is for paying soldiers, not building.

14. Where do Sharpe and Teresa wake up?
(a) Brest.
(b) Somewhere in France.
(c) San Anton's courtyard.
(d) Maderia.

15. What are the hills to guard?
(a) Almeida.
(b) The area around Brussels.
(c) The area where Massena must cross to invade Lisbon.
(d) The purpose is not for guarding anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe threaten to cut off?

2. Where does Cox want the gold sent?

3. What will happen if the French troops have to remain near the lines?

4. What does Teresa notice in Sharpe's pocket?

5. What happens as Sharpe's message is being sent?

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