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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 say he must do?
(a) Rest and recuperate.
(b) Kill Kearsey.
(c) Send a message to El Catolico.
(d) Go to Wellington.

2. Why can't the French go around the Lines of Torres Vedras?
(a) The Germans guard the west entrace to Portugal.
(b) The English are waiting in the peninsula.
(c) They are cut off by the Alps.
(d) They don't have the time it would take.

3. What do the Partisans do?
(a) Pull a sneak attack.
(b) Leave.
(c) Shoot El Catolico.
(d) Shoot Cox.

4. What was Richard Sharpe's role in "real" history?
(a) He did not exist.
(b) He was assigned as an engineer to building the fortifications.
(c) He was a corporal.
(d) He commanded Wellington's army after Wellinton feel ill.

5. What do the Lossow and Sharpe plan to do after resting?
(a) Send a messenger to slip through enemy lines.
(b) They are not sure.
(c) Cross the river with their men.
(d) Build up fortifications where they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe notice as he leaves his sleeping quarters?

2. How long do they think they can hold out?

3. What does Cox say should be done with the gold?

4. Why is Kearsey furious with Sharpe?

5. What will happen if the French troops have to remain near the lines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sharpe and several others discuss?

2. What happens when Sharpe goes to the telegraph station and who is he with?

3. What is Sharpe's plan for blowing up Almeida?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Almeida.

10. How is Sharpe faring with the wound he receives?

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