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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Harper to have the riflemen do after Vivar enters the town?
(a) Burn the city gate.
(b) Follow the volunteers.
(c) Keep the riflemen out of the town.
(d) Head to the palace.

2. For what does Sharpe search the city?
(a) Gun powder for his men.
(b) French supplies.
(c) Vivar.
(d) Louisa.

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

4. Where will the product in question #153 be taken?
(a) To the center of town.
(b) To the palace.
(c) To the riflemen.
(d) To the Spanish volunteers.

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

6. Where do the riflemen gather after fighting with some French from the palace?
(a) In the chapel.
(b) At the rear entrance to the palace.
(c) Near the city wall.
(d) Behind the tavern.

7. 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.

8. At what do the riflemen laugh when they wait for orders?
(a) Sharpe's trouser leg.
(b) The ceremony in the chapel.
(c) The incompetent French.
(d) The way the Spanish volunteers are dancing.

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

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

11. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe when he meets him?
(a) Vivar will be arrested for treason.
(b) The British and French have one hour to leave the city.
(c) The French will vacate the palace if allowed to go free.
(d) Louisa is a prisoner.

12. Why does Sharpe think no woman would want him?
(a) His father is a politician.
(b) He is a low ranking officer.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is scarred.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time will the banner ceremony occur?

2. What does Sharpe tell the riflemen to do that is not part of the plan?

3. What does Sharpe tell the French colonel?

4. How many days does Sharpe say they can hold Santiago de Compostela?

5. What does the colonel wonder as Sharpe leaves?

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