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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men does Sharpe see outside the city?
(a) About five hundred.
(b) About three hundred.
(c) About a thousand.
(d) No more than two hundred.

2. What does Sharpe say is the cost of his aid?
(a) That Harper be used to protect Louisa.
(b) Food and supplies for his men.
(c) That Vivar convinces Harper to become a sergeant.
(d) Enough horses to get the riflemen to the ocean.

3. What do the riflemen get from the French?
(a) A map of the town.
(b) Some weapons.
(c) Some food.
(d) Some uniforms.

4. What does Vivar want the riflemen to do which is a change in plans?
(a) To go directly to the palace.
(b) To shoot from the hills.
(c) To charge past a guardhouse and not engage the enemy.
(d) To take the gatehouse and set up snipers.

5. What does Sharpe tell Vivar?
(a) That there are British soldiers outside the city.
(b) That de l'Eclin is outside the city.
(c) That he must leave the town immediately.
(d) That de l'Eclin is in the palace.

6. What does the French colonel say the French will allow?
(a) The Spanish to have the palace.
(b) Vivar to have his ceremony.
(c) The townspeople to leave.
(d) The Spanish volunteers to go free.

7. What is the banner called that Vivar carries?
(a) Stongheart.
(b) Gonfalon.
(c) A tri-late.
(d) Throngut.

8. What does Harper say is good for Sharpe?
(a) That a woman turned him down.
(b) That he has found a new uniform.
(c) That the French colonel thinks he's stupid.
(d) That he has Harper to look after him.

9. Where does Sharpe burst into?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The townhall.
(c) The tavern where Vivar is.
(d) The palace.

10. What does the colonel wonder as Sharpe leaves?
(a) If Vivar will come to the palace.
(b) If Colonel d 'Eclin will get back in time.
(c) If he has fooled Sharpe.
(d) If Louisa is in the town.

11. To whom does Vivar think the French might surrender?
(a) The town mayor.
(b) A Catholic priest.
(c) A British officer.
(d) Louisa.

12. What does Sharpe expect as he waits for Vivar's cavalry charge?
(a) The Spanish volunteers to show up.
(b) A French counterattack.
(c) The town hall to be set on fire.
(d) The rain to start any moment.

13. What does Harper tell Sharpe about the Spanish volunteers?
(a) There are not enough of them.
(b) They won't be ready for another week.
(c) They are ready to go.
(d) They will never be able to fight like soldiers.

14. What does the French colonel say about Louisa?
(a) She left with other women and children.
(b) She is in the palace.
(c) He does not know who she is.
(d) She has been wounded.

15. What is the weather like when the troops of Sharpe and Vivar set off?
(a) Warm and clear.
(b) Cold and rainy.
(c) Cold and clear.
(d) Hot and dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will supposedly rise again if the banner is unfurled at Santiago de Compostela?

2. What word does Sharpe say to the French sentry over and over?

3. Who joins into the fight in the town?

4. How many French soldiers does Harper kill inside the chapel?

5. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe when he meets him?

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