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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. Where do Sharpe and Teresa wake up?
(a) Brest.
(b) Maderia.
(c) San Anton's courtyard.
(d) Somewhere in France.

2. Who commands the Portuguese?
(a) Captain Slocum.
(b) Captain Garrison.
(c) Lieutenant Tom Garrard.
(d) Lieutenant Johnson.

3. What seems almost impossible that was accomplished?
(a) Building the hill fortifications.
(b) That the French were turned back.
(c) An explosion that great.
(d) That no one was killed in the explosion in real life.

4. Who actually gets in a bread oven?
(a) A soldier.
(b) The baker.
(c) A young boy and his sister.
(d) A family of four.

5. What does Sharpe learn when the messages arrive?
(a) His is not there.
(b) That he is ordered to turn the gold over to Cox.
(c) There are three for him.
(d) There is one for him from Wellington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa notice in Sharpe's pocket?

2. Why is Sharpe's mission so important?

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

4. Who is nearby?

5. What is being built for which they needed the gold so badly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight between Sharpe and El Catolico.

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

3. What is written about the historical Almeida?

4. What happens before the telegraph can be sent?

5. Why is Kearsey angry with Sharpe and what is Sharpe's response?

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

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

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

9. What do Sharpe and several others discuss?

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

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