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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 would they have to hold out for in order to not be overrun?
(a) The snows.
(b) Wellington's army.
(c) A truce.
(d) The rains.

2. Why do Teresa and Sharpe go upstairs?
(a) Teresa wants to get a coat.
(b) Teresa wants to write a letter to her brother.
(c) They want to sleep.
(d) Teresa wants to write a letter to her father.

3. What does Sharpe notice as he leaves his sleeping quarters?
(a) That the French have left in the night.
(b) That the siege has not yet started.
(c) That the Spanish have joined the French.
(d) That the siege has started.

4. Why is Kearsey furious with Sharpe?
(a) For contacting the Spanish consul.
(b) He is not angry.
(c) For not taking all the gold.
(d) For taking the gold.

5. What does Sharpe tell Kearsey about who killed Hardy?
(a) The French.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Some bandits.
(d) Sharpe's men by accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe hating to think about doing?

2. What does Sharpe say he must do?

3. With what is Massena having problems?

4. What do the Lossow and Sharpe plan to do after resting?

5. What does Cox agree for Sharpe to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lossow happy?

2. What happens before the telegraph can be sent?

3. What does Sharpe say to Hogan and what is Hogan's response?

4. Describe the scene between Cox and Sharpe about the gold and Sharpe's men.

5. Why will the Lines of Torres Vedras stop the French?

6. What do Sharpe and several others discuss?

7. What happens to Teresa?

8. What does Cox say when Sharpe asks permission to leave the fortress?

9. How does Sharpe discover that the French are nearby when Sharpe's company approaches the Coa River?

10. Why does Sharpe think there is no hope for his company and who saves them?

(see the answer keys)

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