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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. What does Sharpe order Reid to do?
(a) Kill El Catolico.
(b) Go with Sharpe.
(c) Guard Teresa.
(d) Take the wounded to safety.

2. Against what are the French well fortified?
(a) Riflemen.
(b) Heavy artillery.
(c) A sneak attack.
(d) Lancers.

3. Who is Batten?
(a) The mayor of the town the regiment is marching through.
(b) A friend of Sharpe's who arrives to give Sharpe new orders.
(c) A good friend of Lieutenant Ayres.
(d) The man Ayres catches.

4. Where is most of the ammunition stored in Almeida?
(a) The armory.
(b) In several deep caves in the surrounding hills.
(c) A vault in the cemetary.
(d) The cathedral.

5. What does Harper relate to Knowles?
(a) That El Catolico plans to ambush the company.
(b) The story of Harper finding the gold.
(c) That several men are being questioned in the stockade.
(d) That Sharpe is badly wounded from a duel with El Catolico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe follow the beautiful woman they just rescued?

2. What do Sharpe and the Provosts pretend with each other?

3. Who is Michael Hogan?

4. Who is dead in the village?

5. What does Harper say delays him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe think of Major Kearsey and why does Sharpe have to deal with the man?

2. Who are discussing Sharpe's state of mind?

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

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

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

6. Describe Sharpe and Moreno's conversation.

7. What happens to Kearsey as he is returning to Sharpe's company?

8. Who does not agree with most of the others, but why is that not obvious?

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

10. How do Sharpe and Teresa begin a romance?

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