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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 are Teresa and Ramon?
(a) A young French couple captured by the Partisans.
(b) A young Spanish couple.
(c) Cesar Moreno's children.
(d) Moreno's daughter and son-in-law.

2. What does El Catolico plan to do?
(a) Kill Ramon.
(b) Kill Sharpe.
(c) Help Almeida.
(d) Set up Sharpe's company.

3. What does Kearsey think he is doing?
(a) Helping Sharpe sort through the various factions at the fortress.
(b) Helping Sharpe deliver gold to the Spanish.
(c) Giving Sharpe assistance in holding Almeida.
(d) He's not sure.

4. Why does Sharpe follow the beautiful woman they just rescued?
(a) He thinks she must be important to the enemy.
(b) He thinks he has met her before.
(c) He is afraid she might get hurt in the fighting.
(d) He wants to interrogate her.

5. How is Sharpe's morale?
(a) He is happy and completely optimistic not just about the war but about life in general.
(b) He is despondent and sure the war is lost.
(c) Not the same as the others around him.
(d) About the same as the others around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who guides Sharpe and Harper through the terrain?

2. Who do they use to find their way through the dark?

3. What does Harper relate to Knowles?

4. Who does Sharpe recognize as the leader of the Spanish forces fighting the French?

5. What does El Catolico do to the lancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene when Sharpe apologizes to Ayres.

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

3. Describe the encounter between Sharpe and Ayres.

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

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

6. Who is holding the gold and what does Kearsey know about the man and the situation?

7. What does Sharpe observe during the fighting between the Spanish and French and for whom does he look?

8. Why is the mood somber in Chapter one among the forces allied against Napoleon?

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

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

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