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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. Where do some of the people from Nave de Haver flee?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

2. What is Father Sarsfield's real name?
(a) Father Mallon.
(b) Father O'Reefe.
(c) Paul MacKenzie.
(d) Kevin Connonlly.

3. Where do Sharpe and Loup meet to fight?
(a) Almost at the French lines.
(b) On the slopes overlooking the village.
(c) In the middle of the village.
(d) In the middle of the stream.

4. What does Sharpe ask Runciman?
(a) If he will tell Donaju to take the Real Compañía Irlandesa behind French lines.
(b) If he wants to beat the court of inquiry.
(c) If he wants to go back farther from the fighting.
(d) If he is ready to die.

5. Why has Massena given Loup the orders he gave?
(a) To give Loup an opportunity for glory.
(b) In hopes that Loup will be killed.
(c) To keep him out of battle.
(d) To save his men for the final push.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what staff does Tarrant belong?

2. What kind of pace do the troops in the south use to march north?

3. What excuse do Sharpe and Harper use to go to the village?

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

5. What does Sharpe do when the young lieutenant is shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Massena react to the southern troops joining the northern ones and what does Wellington do after the army is reunited?

2. What do Sharpe and Hogan agree on after Sharpe shoots Sarsfield and what do they do?

3. What does Hogan tell Wellington about the French and Almeida?

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

5. What type of superstitious action does Harper take?

6. What is Kiely's reaction to Juanita being caught by Sharpe?

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

8. How does Hogan set up confronting Father Sarsfield?

9. What do Hogan and Wellington talk about as far as Almeida is concerned?

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

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