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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 questions Sharpe as to his determination to do as Sharpe plans?
(a) Lossow.
(b) Helmet.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Harper.

2. What does Harper admire about the French?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their accuracy with their artillery.
(c) Their politeness.
(d) Their tenacity.

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

4. Why will it be difficult for Sharpe to do what he thinks he must do?
(a) The French are everywhere.
(b) The company needs to move on.
(c) It is not safe to carry a message to El Catolico.
(d) The Duke retreated behind friendly lines.

5. Who does Sharpe say he will slowly dismember?
(a) El Catolico.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Moreno.
(d) Ramon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Sharpe's role in "real" history?

2. What year did the real explosion take place?

3. How does Sharpe kill El Catolico?

4. What happens as Sharpe's message is being sent?

5. Why is Kearsey furious with Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it say about the cause of the explosion and who got in a bread oven?

2. How does Sharpe shock both his men and the Partisans?

3. Describe Teresa and Sharpe's conversation while they are in bed?

4. What of the Lines of Torres Vedras?

5. What happens to Teresa?

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

7. Describe what happens in the explosion attempt.

8. What is written about the historical Almeida?

9. Describe the interaction between Sharpe and Garrard.

10. What happens before the telegraph can be sent?

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