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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is Massena having problems?
(a) With French spies infiltrating.
(b) With a surfeit of recruits.
(c) With deserters.
(d) With supplies.

2. Who was in charge in "real" life of Almeida?
(a) Captain Hardy.
(b) Captain Lossow.
(c) Brigadier Cox.
(d) Brigadier Sharpe.

3. 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.

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

5. How long do they think they can hold out?
(a) A month at the most.
(b) A year or so.
(c) 6-8 days.
(d) 6-8 weeks.

6. Why is Sharpe's mission so important?
(a) There is not particular reason given.
(b) Because no more money will be sent to Wellington until autumn.
(c) Because El Catolico would use the money to help the French.
(d) Because of morale.

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

8. What do the Partisans do?
(a) Pull a sneak attack.
(b) Leave.
(c) Shoot Cox.
(d) Shoot El Catolico.

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

10. Where does Hogan say Sharpe will not go?
(a) Back to England.
(b) Back behind French lines.
(c) Almeida.
(d) Back behind Spanish lines.

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

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

13. What ruins can be seen today?
(a) The fortifications on the Lines of Torres Vedras.
(b) Nothing is still there today.
(c) The cathedral at Almeida.
(d) The French fortifications around Almeida.

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

15. Who actually gets in a bread oven?
(a) A young boy and his sister.
(b) A family of four.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will it be difficult for Sharpe to do what he thinks he must do?

2. What does Sharpe say is the cause of the scars on his back?

3. What day did this explosion occur?

4. Who commands the Portuguese?

5. What was the real cause of the explosion?

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