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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 Louisa say she intends to do after the battle?
(a) Return to England.
(b) Go to France with the French colonel.
(c) Go with Sharpe.
(d) Stay with Vivar.

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

3. What does Sharpe tell the riflemen to do that is not part of the plan?
(a) Kill the sentries.
(b) Leave Vivar.
(c) Load their rifles.
(d) Charge the palace.

4. What does Harper tell Sharpe about the Spanish volunteers?
(a) There are not enough of them.
(b) They will never be able to fight like soldiers.
(c) They are ready to go.
(d) They won't be ready for another week.

5. Why does Sharpe think the French are unlikely to surrender?
(a) Because of the treatment of the first prisoners.
(b) Because he knows Vivar's brother is in the palace.
(c) Because the local bandits have a bad reputation for torture.
(d) Because he knows there are a lot of French in the palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell the French colonel?

2. What does Sharpe try to do to Vivar?

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

4. What does the French colonel say about Louisa?

5. What is the banner called that Vivar carries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Harper and Sharpe discuss and what does Harper tell Sharpe?

8. What do Sharpe and Harper decide about the French coming to the town?

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

10. What is the legend about the gonfalon?

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