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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 does Sharpe go after the cathedral?
(a) Cox's office.
(b) To meet with Moreno.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The trenches.

2. Who is in Lisbon?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Marion.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Teresa.

3. What are they debating in the opening to chapter 23?
(a) How to defend Almeida.
(b) Whether to hang El Catolico.
(c) How to get out of Almeida to Wellington safely.
(d) Whether to hogtie Cox.

4. What does Teresa notice in Sharpe's pocket?
(a) A letter.
(b) A locket.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

5. What ruins can be seen today?
(a) The French fortifications around Almeida.
(b) Nothing is still there today.
(c) The fortifications on the Lines of Torres Vedras.
(d) The cathedral at Almeida.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Sharpe, Teresa, and Harper get in the bread ovens?

2. What is the commander of Almeida forced to do?

3. Where do they move Sharpe's company?

4. Why is Kearsey furious with Sharpe?

5. Who is killed in the explosion about whom Sharpe is glad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is written about the historical Almeida?

4. Describe the interaction between Sharpe and Garrard.

5. What happens before the telegraph can be sent?

6. What of the Lines of Torres Vedras?

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

8. What does Sharpe say to Hogan and what is Hogan's response?

9. What do Sharpe and several others discuss?

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

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