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

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

4. What seems almost impossible that was accomplished?
(a) That the French were turned back.
(b) That no one was killed in the explosion in real life.
(c) An explosion that great.
(d) Building the hill fortifications.

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

6. How does Sharpe kill El Catolico?
(a) With a rifle.
(b) By garroting him.
(c) By tricking him.
(d) With a fire iron.

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

8. About how many men die in the explosion?
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 11.
(d) 22.

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

10. What were the Partisan's role in real history as far as the explosion at Almeida?
(a) They left Almeida before the explosion.
(b) They helped fight the French before the explosion.
(c) It is not mentioned if they had a role.
(d) They are assumed to be the cause of the explosion.

11. What does Sharpe say he must do?
(a) Rest and recuperate.
(b) Kill Kearsey.
(c) Send a message to El Catolico.
(d) Go to Wellington.

12. What does Sharpe think has to be done to the Fortress of Almeida?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It should be blown up.
(c) It should be defended.
(d) It should be surrendered.

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

14. Why do Sharpe, Teresa, and Harper get in the bread ovens?
(a) To hide the gold.
(b) They do not get in the bread ovens.
(c) The French shells have set off the gunpowder prematurely.
(d) To hide from Cox.

15. Who is in Lisbon?
(a) Josefina.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Marion.