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

2. Who is with Sharpe at the table in a tavern?
(a) Harper.
(b) Several of his men.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Captain Huckelby.

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

4. What is made for the volunteers?
(a) Field food.
(b) Homemade weapons.
(c) Modest uniforms.
(d) Protective leather garments.

5. How does the battle between the riflemen and the first group of French work out?
(a) Sharpe takes all the French prisoner.
(b) The riflemen run.
(c) The riflemen win.
(d) The French run.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will the riflemen attack with their rifles empty?

2. What does Vivar do with Sharpe's wine?

3. What does Louisa say she intends to do after the battle?

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

5. What does Sharpe ask Vivar about the riflemen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivar want the riflemen to do and what does Sharpe do?

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

3. What happens when the troops arrive at a stream?

4. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe and what is Sharpe's response?

5. What kind of idea does Sharpe have and what is Vivar's response?

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

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

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

9. What does Sharpe hear as the riflemen are fighting and who appears? Why are the Cazadores fighting so hard?

10. What does Vivar tell Sharpe and what does he do?

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