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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 El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?
(a) That he has found more deserters.
(b) That Loup is holed up in a small village nearby.
(c) That Loup is coming again in two days.
(d) That he and his men killed forty of Loup's soldiers.

2. What goes over a cliff in Harper's story?
(a) A horse.
(b) A lamb.
(c) His wagon.
(d) A bullock.

3. What is the name of the Lieutenant who is with Sharpe?
(a) Harry Price.
(b) Stephen Blackman.
(c) John Murray.
(d) Horace Lipton.

4. Who is the one officer in the Real Compañía Irlandesa that Sharpe respects?
(a) Major Johnson.
(b) Lieutenant O'Riley.
(c) Captain Olivier.
(d) Captain Donaju.

5. How are the men finding about supposed atrocities in Ireland?
(a) Juanita de Elia is making speeches about it.
(b) American newspapers.
(c) French newspapers.
(d) Father Sarsfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?

2. Where are most of the women and children located at San Isidoro?

3. How do they know who the man is who saved them?

4. What does Loup swear to Sharpe?

5. How many of the Officers of the Real Compañía Irlandesa were killed or wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe find out from Donaju about Kiely?

2. How does Sharpe deal with the problem of desertion?

3. Where are the Real Compañía Irlandesa sent and how do the soldiers feel about their situation?

4. How does Juanita arrive at San Isidoro and what is the response of some of the men?

5. What do Sharpe and his men find in the village when they get there?

6. How does the Portuguese battalion arrive, with whom does Sharpe meet, what kind of man is he and why is the battalion there?

7. What does Sharpe do with the two French prisoners and how does he handle Loup's anger?

8. What information about the Royal Guard is Hogan and Wellington not aware?

9. What kind of problem do Sarsfield and Donaju bring to Sharpe and what is his response?

10. Why is Sharpe frustrated at the beginning of the book, what does Harper do about it and how does Sharpe respond to Harper?

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