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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 is Joaquim Jovellanos?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) Teresa's fiance.
(c) Moreno's bodyguard.
(d) The second in command of the Partisans.

2. What does Sharpe's apology imply?
(a) That Sharpe realizes his promotion is at stake.
(b) That he was commanded to apologize.
(c) That Ayres is at fault also.
(d) That Sharpe realizes he was completely at fault.

3. How is Kearsey performance as a guide?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Bungling.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Unrealistic.

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

5. What does Sharpe do with the Spanish?
(a) Lock them up.
(b) Leave them in the village after receiving their parole.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Send them to Madrid after Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds the fort at Almeida?

2. How is the fighting between the Spanish peasants and the French?

3. Who are tied to two horses coming out of town?

4. What is Moreno's connection to Casatejada?

5. Who arrives for Sharpe to question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe ask Joaquim Jovellanos and what is Joaquim's reply?

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

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

4. Describe Sharpe and Moreno's conversation.

5. What sort of guide is Kearsey and why do the men find him annoying?

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

7. Describe the scene when Sharpe apologizes to Ayres.

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

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

10. How do Sharpe and Teresa begin a romance?

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