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

2. What does Lieutenant Ayres do?
(a) Catches one of Sharpe's men with a chicken.
(b) Shoots at Sharpe from behind a barndoor.
(c) Argues with Sharpe about the war.
(d) Kills one of Sharpe's men.

3. Where does Kearsey say the gold is hidden?
(a) In a secret passageway in the fortress.
(b) It is not in the village.
(c) In a vault in the graveyard.
(d) Under the hermitage in the Moreno family vault.

4. To what does El Catolico admit?
(a) Killing Moreno.
(b) Using one bag of gold.
(c) Killing Hardy.
(d) Leading the Partisans in a circle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the South Essex Regiment encounter?

2. What does Sharpe find as he is digging in the grave?

3. What is Sharpe's quest?

4. Against what are the French well fortified?

5. Why does Sharpe have his men make as much noise as possible?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Cox and what does Sharpe learn from him?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the English attack on the French in the village.

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

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

10. What does Harper tell Sharpe as the company is being escorted by the Partisans?

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