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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe hear right before the cazadores enter the town?
(a) A drum.
(b) An explosion.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) French artillery.

3. What tactic does Sharpe want to use to attack Santiago de Compostela?
(a) Caltrops and a battering ram.
(b) Burning the village.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Sneaking into the palace and setting mines.

4. What news do local bandits bring to Vivar?
(a) Lisbon has been captured by the French.
(b) Napoleon is coming to Spain.
(c) Napoleon has ordered the capture of Lisbon by February.
(d) The king of Spain has been killed.

5. Who does Sharpe see outside the city?
(a) A British regiment.
(b) The Spanish army.
(c) French cavalry.
(d) A rifle company.

6. What does Sharpe first find inside the strongbox?
(a) A book.
(b) A leather bag.
(c) A leather box.
(d) A pair of knives.

7. Who will lead the attack?
(a) The Spanish volunteers.
(b) The riflemen.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The Spanish infantry.

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

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

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

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

12. What is wrong when the riflemen arrive?
(a) They are spotted by the French.
(b) There is no cover for them to hide behind.
(c) They are at the wrong town.
(d) They are in the wrong location.

13. What does Louisa think she might be able to do to help with the planned attack?
(a) Kill the French colonel.
(b) Spread false rumors.
(c) Arouse the countryside.
(d) Seduce the French commander.

14. How do the volunteers do when Vivar watches a demonstration?
(a) They fail.
(b) They are successful with charging but fail in bayonet practice.
(c) They are highly successful.
(d) They can shoot well with the muskets.

15. What does Sharpe ask Harper to do with Spanish civilians?
(a) Train them.
(b) Find out where they want to go.
(c) Hide them.
(d) Guard them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe think no woman would want him?

2. What do Sharpe and Harper discuss?

3. What do the riflemen get from the French?

4. What does Harper say about the riflemen fighting well?

5. How does Sharpe get into the palace?

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