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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. About whom does Hogan ask?
(a) Teresa.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Harper.
(d) Josefina.

2. What does Cox agree for Sharpe to do?
(a) Sneak back to Moreno's village.
(b) Stay there until help arrives.
(c) Send a telegram to Wellington.
(d) Leave with the gold.

3. Where does Hogan say Sharpe will not go?
(a) Almeida.
(b) Back to England.
(c) Back behind French lines.
(d) Back behind Spanish lines.

4. How do they stop Sharpe's wound from bleeding?
(a) They use spider webs.
(b) They wrap it tightly.
(c) It stops on its own.
(d) They cauterize it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe give Teresa?

2. What is Sharpe hating to think about doing?

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

4. Why can the commander of the Portuguese not help Sharpe?

5. What did the French not expect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the Lines of Torres Vedras.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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