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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 is Harper's rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Sargeant.
(d) He is a civilian.

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

3. Who kills the French Colonel?
(a) A beautiful woman who is tied up.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Kearsey.
(d) Harper.

4. How is the morale of the forces aligned against Napoleon?
(a) Elated.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Angry.
(d) Low and feeling as though the war is lost.

5. Why is one of Sharpe's man left alive?
(a) He hid out in the hayloft.
(b) He told the French what they were doing.
(c) Because he is a solider and must treated honorably.
(d) He was cousin to one of the French soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men feel as they are being escorted across the terrain by the Partisans?

2. What is Knowles' rank?

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

4. Who is Cesar Moreno?

5. Who does the South Essex Regiment encounter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Sharpe's discussion with Wellington.

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

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

6. Why does Kearsey leave Sharpe's company and what does Sharpe decide to do?

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

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

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

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

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