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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. What does the colonel suggest?
(a) A duel.
(b) That he exchange Louisa for Vivar.
(c) A mutual withdrawal from the city.
(d) A truce.

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

3. Where do the riflemen go after they are gathered together?
(a) They surround the palace.
(b) They get up on the city walls.
(c) They go to the chapel.
(d) They leave the city.

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

5. Why would Vivar not hang the banner in Santiago de Compostela?
(a) The French have the city.
(b) It is too degraded.
(c) The banner is not for hanging; it is for the cavalry.
(d) It is supposed to be hung where the king is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the banner called that Vivar carries?

2. Where will the product in question #153 be taken?

3. What does Sharpe command his riflemen to do?

4. How does the battle between the riflemen and the first group of French work out?

5. What does Sharpe tell the French colonel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Louisa talk about and what is Louisa's idea? How does Sharpe feel about her idea?

2. What does Vivar tell Sharpe to do in the chapel and what does Sharpe find?

3. What does the French colonel suggest to Sharpe?

4. What news do local bandits bring and what is Vivar's response to their news?

5. How do the townspeople react to the British and Spanish attacking?

6. Where do the riflemen flee from the French pouring out of the palace and what do they see there?

7. Why does Vivar come to Sharpe in the tavern, how does Sharpe act?

8. What is Harper's idea about the Spanish volunteers?

9. What does Sharpe tell Vivar about capturing Santiago de Compostela and what does Vivar say about Sharpe's opinion?

10. How long do the troops march and what do the riflemen do to keep their movement a secret?

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