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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Wellington lost his entire force?
(a) He would be executed.
(b) It would cut the English army in half.
(c) He would be stripped of command.
(d) England would have to leave Spain.

2. What does Sharpe think the French will do if the French believe they are surrounded?
(a) They will surrender.
(b) They will bring in artillery.
(c) They will bolt.
(d) They will form up a wedge.

3. Where does Sharpe go after leaving Wellington?
(a) To the village towards the Wolf Brigade.
(b) Behind the Highlanders.
(c) To the command center in the village.
(d) To the slope where the French are pushing.

4. What are Sharpe and his men doing to aid the troops marching north?
(a) They are interspersed in the troops.
(b) They are not in the south.
(c) Killing cavalry officers and horses.
(d) They use caltrops to slow the cavalry.

5. What do the French dragoons do when they come through Nave de Haver the morning after the truce?
(a) Slaughter the partisans.
(b) Ride through on their way north.
(c) Stop and recruit soldiers.
(d) Look for spies.

6. What message is sent to Massena from the French dragoons?
(a) They are heading for Poco Velha.
(b) There were no Spanish partisans in Nave de Haver.
(c) All of the people in Nave de Haver are now prisoners.
(d) They are staying in Nave de Haver.

7. What does Tarrant say about the French in relationship to his job?
(a) He hopes the French do as poor a job.
(b) He thinks the French do not have the equivalent position.
(c) He knows the man who holds his position in the French army.
(d) He hopes the French do not have someone as good as him.

8. What is happening a the church in Nave de Haver when the French dragoons ride into town?
(a) There is a wedding going on.
(b) There is a baptism being done.
(c) A mass is just beginning.
(d) It is empty.

9. What does Wellington see when overlooking Fuentes de Onoro?
(a) He cannot see Fuentes de Onoro from where he sits.
(b) The British army setting up there.
(c) Fuentes de Onoro is a smoking shamble.
(d) Spanish residents of Fuentes de Onoro fleeing.

10. What does Sharpe say about Kiely's suicide?
(a) It was too bad it did it.
(b) There are better ways to kill oneself.
(c) The men are better off without Kiely.
(d) He wouldn't have done it if he'd not gotten drunk.

11. Why would Wellington not march on Badajoz or Cadiz?
(a) If the Spanish do not join him.
(b) If he is not head of the allied forces.
(c) If his supplies do not arrive from England.
(d) If Almeida is in the hands of the French.

12. What do the Spanish say about San Isidoro?
(a) Loup would not have attacked if not for Sharpe.
(b) No Spanish were killed there.
(c) Sharpe should have won the battle.
(d) It was too old to be a fort.

13. Why does the person in question #130 blame San Isidoro on Sharpe?
(a) For killing two of Loup's men in front of Loup.
(b) For hiding in the gatehouse.
(c) For not running the battle well.
(d) For not having more men on guard duty.

14. What does Wellington tell Sharpe as Sharpe is leaving?
(a) They don't shoot prisoners so the French won't either.
(b) He is still on administrative leave.
(c) He has to get the ammunition to the left flank.
(d) The prisoners were war criminals.

15. What kind of pace do the troops in the south use to march north?
(a) A half time jogging pace.
(b) A very slow pace.
(c) They are running in a rout.
(d) A pace no army in the known world can match.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many French soldiers are in Almeida?

2. What does Wellington think about his decision to send part of his army south?

3. Why is the open plain a bad place for the British to be?

4. What does Tarrant call the two soldiers with him?

5. Why did people in the era of Sharpe's Battle pay money to insane asylums?

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