View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe decide to do when he spots the French.
(a) To sneak in and kill their leaders.
(b) To surrender.
(c) To head in another direction.
(d) To go right into the skirmish line.

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

3. What is the commander of Almeida forced to do?
(a) Blow up the fortress.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Turn the gold over to the French.
(d) Surrender to the French.

4. Where does Cox want the gold sent?
(a) To Wellington.
(b) To England.
(c) To his headquarters.
(d) To Moreno.

5. What does Harper admire about the French?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their accuracy with their artillery.
(c) Their tenacity.
(d) Their politeness.

6. Who commands the Portuguese?
(a) Captain Slocum.
(b) Lieutenant Tom Garrard.
(c) Lieutenant Johnson.
(d) Captain Garrison.

7. What does Cox say should be done with the gold?
(a) Given to him.
(b) Given to El Catolico.
(c) Buried in a safe place.
(d) Taken to the Duke.

8. Why do Teresa and Sharpe go upstairs?
(a) They want to sleep.
(b) Teresa wants to get a coat.
(c) Teresa wants to write a letter to her father.
(d) Teresa wants to write a letter to her brother.

9. What does Cox agree for Sharpe to do?
(a) Leave with the gold.
(b) Stay there until help arrives.
(c) Send a telegram to Wellington.
(d) Sneak back to Moreno's village.

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

11. Who says he will help defend Almeida?
(a) Moreno.
(b) Malrasia.
(c) El Catolico.
(d) Ramon.

12. What does Sharpe tell Hogan about the explosion?
(a) Almost nothing.
(b) A detailed account.
(c) A falsified account.
(d) Just that it happened and the list of deaths.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. What would they have to hold out for in order to not be overrun?
(a) Wellington's army.
(b) A truce.
(c) The snows.
(d) The rains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are firing on the French?

2. What seems almost impossible that was accomplished?

3. What is on top of the hills?

4. Why can't the French go around the Lines of Torres Vedras?

5. Who does Sharpe think is on the roof?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 443 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample