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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 Harper see lying in the dirt that he picks up?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bayonet.
(c) A stuffed pony.
(d) A rag doll.

2. Concerning Father Sarsfield, what have the British been trying to do?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Find his brother.
(c) Find him.
(d) Recruit him as a double agent.

3. What are Sharpe and his riflemen doing when they are moving south?
(a) Rescuing the seventh division.
(b) Supporting the Highlander and Warwick units.
(c) Heading to Fuentes de Onoro.
(d) Escorting ammunition.

4. What does Sharpe do when the young lieutenant is shot?
(a) Has Harper take him to the surgeon's area.
(b) Withdraws the lieutenant's men.
(c) Regroup the men.
(d) Goes and gets the colonel.

5. Who wants to become Generalissimo of Spain?
(a) Count de la Phillipe.
(b) El Castrador.
(c) Valverde.
(d) Wellington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Massena given Loup the orders he gave?

2. For what is Hogan irritated at Sharpe when Hogan arrives at San Cristobal?

3. Who are the biggest and most fierce fighters of the French?

4. What do the French dragoons do when they come through Nave de Haver the morning after the truce?

5. Where do some of the people from Nave de Haver flee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

2. How does Sharpe, Runciman, and the Real Compañía Irlandesa get involved in the battle for Fuentes de Onoro?

3. What do the French do at the church in Nave de Haver?

4. What is Wellington doing when he realizes he has made a mistake, and what is that mistake?

5. What do Hogan and Wellington decide about Sharpe and the battle at Isidoro?

6. What does Hogan say to Sarsfield?

7. What does Sharpe persuade Harper to do and why?

8. What does Hogan say to Sharpe about letting Juanita go free?

9. Why is Wellington enraged with Erkins?

10. How do Sharpe and his men help the southern troops?

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