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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. How big is the French force in comparison to Sharpe and Vivar's forces?
(a) Twice as large.
(b) About two thirds of their force.
(c) Four times larger.
(d) About equal.

2. What does Harper say about the riflemen fighting well?
(a) They will do only enough to survive.
(b) That they don't like Sharpe.
(c) They aren't ready for battle.
(d) That some will complain.

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

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

5. What officer does Sharpe see?
(a) He doesn't recognize any officer.
(b) Major Hogan.
(c) The French colonel he met in the palace.
(d) Colonel de l'Eclin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Vivar think the French might surrender?

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

4. How do the volunteers do when Vivar watches a demonstration?

5. What impresses Sharpe about Harper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sharpe do with the sentry?

7. What does the French colonel suggest to Sharpe?

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

9. Why does Sharpe know the French who have appeared are not the real attack?

10. What is the legend about the gonfalon?

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