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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Sharpe and Harper looking to the south and west of town?
(a) To figure out where to go next.
(b) To predict de l'Eclin's approach.
(c) To find any riflemen who deserted.
(d) To show the volunteers where to go.

2. Who wants to give the banner to the French?
(a) Vivar's brother.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) No one.
(d) The British.

3. How many French soldiers does Harper kill inside the chapel?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What does the guide want to do when the troops reach a stream?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Have the men bathe.
(c) Have the men stop to drink.
(d) Bless it with holy water.

5. What does Sharpe try to do to Vivar?
(a) Flatter him.
(b) Shut him up.
(c) Listen carefully to his plans.
(d) Provoke him.

6. What does Sharpe notice around the outside of the city?
(a) A number of the Spanish volunteers.
(b) The British have surrounded the city.
(c) A line of cavalry.
(d) Vivar's cazadores.

7. What does Sharpe tell the riflemen to do that is not part of the plan?
(a) Kill the sentries.
(b) Load their rifles.
(c) Leave Vivar.
(d) Charge the palace.

8. Why does Sharpe think the French are unlikely to surrender?
(a) Because he knows there are a lot of French in the palace.
(b) Because the local bandits have a bad reputation for torture.
(c) Because of the treatment of the first prisoners.
(d) Because he knows Vivar's brother is in the palace.

9. What word does Sharpe say to the French sentry over and over?
(a) Wounded.
(b) Friend.
(c) Message.
(d) Help.

10. From what do the riflemen have to defend the French prisoners?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) The cazadores.
(c) The local bandits.
(d) The Spanish volunteers.

11. What impresses Sharpe about Harper?
(a) Being able to beat anyone in a barroom brawl.
(b) How quickly he assumes the role of sergeant.
(c) How he can carry his big gun.
(d) How well he does as a private rifleman.

12. What does Vivar see when Sharpe removes his shirt?
(a) Nothing, he's not seen Sharpe with his shirt off.
(b) Two musket ball scars.
(c) Sharpe's flogging scars.
(d) The large tattoo on Sharpe's back.

13. Why does Sharpe run back into the town?
(a) To find Louisa.
(b) To make a request of Vivar.
(c) To go back to the tavern.
(d) To tell his men to get ready to leave.

14. Why will the riflemen attack with their rifles empty?
(a) To keep from shooting each other.
(b) To keep their powder dry.
(c) To keep their musket balls dry.
(d) To prevent accidental discharge.

15. What does Vivar say he must do because of the banner?
(a) Take the town of Santiago de Compostela.
(b) Kill Napoleon.
(c) Destroy Santiago de Compostela.
(d) Drive the French from Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivar say he will do if Sharpe does not agree to his plan?

2. How do the volunteers do when Vivar watches a demonstration?

3. What is the weather like when the troops of Sharpe and Vivar set off?

4. What kind of precautions do the troops take?

5. What does Sharpe tell Vivar?

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