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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 on top of the hills?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A 7-foot high stone wall.
(c) Spiked trenches.
(d) Hundreds of guns.

2. Who says he will help defend Almeida?
(a) Ramon.
(b) Malrasia.
(c) Moreno.
(d) El Catolico.

3. What does Sharpe decide to do when he spots the French.
(a) To surrender.
(b) To go right into the skirmish line.
(c) To sneak in and kill their leaders.
(d) To head in another direction.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What really blew up?

2. What does Sharpe say is the cause of the scars on his back?

3. Where do Sharpe and Teresa wake up?

4. Why can't the French go around the Lines of Torres Vedras?

5. What are the hills to guard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the losses and who lives after the explosion?

2. Describe the interaction between Sharpe and Garrard.

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

4. Who is causing Sharpe problems about moving the gold on to Wellington?

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

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

7. What is Teresa learning and from whom?

8. What are some of the problems the British seem to be having?

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

10. What do Sharpe and several others discuss?

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