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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 Sharpe notice around the outside of the city?
(a) A line of cavalry.
(b) A number of the Spanish volunteers.
(c) The British have surrounded the city.
(d) Vivar's cazadores.

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

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

4. Where do the riflemen gather after fighting with some French from the palace?
(a) In the chapel.
(b) Behind the tavern.
(c) Near the city wall.
(d) At the rear entrance to the palace.

5. How many men does Sharpe see outside the city?
(a) About five hundred.
(b) About three hundred.
(c) About a thousand.
(d) No more than two hundred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vivar want to discuss with Sharpe when Vivar comes to his table?

3. What is the weather like when the troops of Sharpe and Vivar set off?

4. Why does Sharpe run back into the town?

5. What does Harper say about the riflemen fighting well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sharpe going into the palace?

2. What does Louisa tell Sharpe when they meet in the palace and what does Sharpe figure out from what she says?

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

4. Why does Sharpe burst into the chapel?

5. What does the French colonel suggest to Sharpe?

6. What does Sharpe do with the sentry?

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

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

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

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

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