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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 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 take the gatehouse and set up snipers.
(c) To shoot from the hills.
(d) To go directly to the palace.

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

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

4. Where does Vivar go when he leaves the palace?
(a) To his home.
(b) To his men.
(c) The main town hall.
(d) The chapel.

5. Where does Sharpe burst into?
(a) The townhall.
(b) The palace.
(c) The tavern where Vivar is.
(d) The cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sharpe and Harper looking to the south and west of town?

2. What does Louisa think might be affected by her current activities?

3. Who is with Sharpe at the table in a tavern?

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

5. At what do the riflemen laugh when they wait for orders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the French colonel suggest to Sharpe?

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

3. What does Sharpe do with the caltrops and how do they work?

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

5. Why is Sharpe going into the palace?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Sharpe feel about Louisa being gone and what does Vivar tell Sharpe about her absence?

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