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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. Why does Kearsey halt the group outside Casatejada?
(a) They are waiting for the artillery to arrive.
(b) The French lie in wait to ambush anyone.
(c) They need to rest before fighting.
(d) He has to sneak in and warn the town not to shoot.

2. Who does Sharpe take as a hostage?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Knowles.

3. How many bags of gold do they find?
(a) 63.
(b) 108.
(c) 39.
(d) 22.

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

5. Who are tied to two horses coming out of town?
(a) Two naked Spanish peasants.
(b) Two women.
(c) No one.
(d) Naked French soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe worry about on his men's approach to the village?

2. To whom is Sharpe ordered to apologize?

3. What does Sharpe admit to Wellington?

4. Where is most of the ammunition stored in Almeida?

5. Who is Batten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe learn as he takes stock of his company after the fighting and how does Kearsey react to his rescue?

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

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

4. Describe Sharpe and Moreno's conversation.

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

6. Describe Sharpe's discussion with Wellington.

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

8. What happens when Sharpe begins to dig in the grave?

9. What does Kearsey reiterate about the gold?

10. How do Sharpe and Teresa begin a romance?

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