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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who points out the possible danger to Sharpe?
(a) Knowles.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Kearsey.

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

3. What does Sharpe's men have orders to do to pursuers?
(a) Shoot to kill.
(b) Strip and send back to the village.
(c) Torture for information.
(d) Nothing.

4. To whom is Sharpe ordered to apologize?
(a) Ayres.
(b) Lawford.
(c) Knowles.
(d) Wellington.

5. Who wins a sword fighting duel with Sharpe?
(a) The Commander forbids them to duel.
(b) It is called a draw.
(c) El Catolico.
(d) Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Teresa and Ramon?

2. Who is Lieutenant Colonel William Lawford?

3. Where does Harper say the gold is?

4. How is Kearsey performance as a guide?

5. Against what are the French well fortified?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Harper and Sharpe capture an enemy lancer, and how does Teresa help them escape from the rest of the lancers?

2. Describe the scene when Sharpe apologizes to Ayres.

3. What does Sharpe decide to do based upon what Harper tells him?

4. What do they discover when they open the Moreno family vault and what is Sharpe's reaction?

5. Why is Harper proud and how much of his discovery is there?

6. How does Sharpe threaten El Catolico's men?

7. Who is Michael Hogan and what does he tell Sharpe about Sharpe's mission?

8. Why are Sharpe's men angry and sad as they enter the village?

9. What does Sharpe find when he follows the woman he later learns is Teresa?

10. Describe Sharpe's company's escape from the village where the gold was.

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