2. What does El Catolico do to the lancer?
(a) Spits on him.
(b) Slits his throat.
(c) Stabs him through the heart with his sword.
(d) Smashes him in the face.

3. Who is El Catolico marrying?
(a) Moreno's daughter.
(b) Knowles' sister.
(c) Cadiz's daugther.
(d) Sharpe's sister.

4. Where does Harper say the gold is?
(a) In the manure.
(b) He does not know.
(c) In El Catolico's wagon.
(d) With the fleeing French.

5. Why does Sharpe have suspicions about Kearsey?
(a) He changes his story several times.
(b) Because of Hogan.
(c) He has a strange accent.
(d) He seems shifty.

6. Where does Sharpe his men to go?
(a) Casatejada.
(b) Villanea.
(c) With him.
(d) Stay in the woods.

7. What does Sharpe admit to Wellington?
(a) Ordering his men to help with the harvest.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Threatening Ayres with a rifle.
(d) Telling Harper he could have leave.

8. Why does Sharpe follow the beautiful woman they just rescued?
(a) He is afraid she might get hurt in the fighting.
(b) He thinks he has met her before.
(c) He thinks she must be important to the enemy.
(d) He wants to interrogate her.

9. To whom is Sharpe ordered to apologize?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Lawford.
(c) Ayres.
(d) Knowles.

10. What does Sharpe's apology imply?
(a) That Sharpe realizes he was completely at fault.
(b) That Sharpe realizes his promotion is at stake.
(c) That Ayres is at fault also.
(d) That he was commanded to apologize.

11. What does Kearsey think he is doing?
(a) He's not sure.
(b) Giving Sharpe assistance in holding Almeida.
(c) Helping Sharpe sort through the various factions at the fortress.
(d) Helping Sharpe deliver gold to the Spanish.

12. How is Sharpe's morale?
(a) About the same as the others around him.
(b) Not the same as the others around him.
(c) He is happy and completely optimistic not just about the war but about life in general.
(d) He is despondent and sure the war is lost.

13. Who arrives for Sharpe to question?
(a) Moreno.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Ramon.

14. Who is Michael Hogan?
(a) An Irish scout.
(b) A British gunsmith.
(c) A British blacksmith.
(d) An Irish engineer.

15. What does Harper relate to Knowles?
(a) That Sharpe is badly wounded from a duel with El Catolico.
(b) The story of Harper finding the gold.
(c) That El Catolico plans to ambush the company.
(d) That several men are being questioned in the stockade.