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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe say he must do?
(a) Go to Wellington.
(b) Rest and recuperate.
(c) Kill Kearsey.
(d) Send a message to El Catolico.

2. How does Sharpe feel after talking to Cox?
(a) Angry.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Confused.

3. Who is killed in the explosion about whom Sharpe is glad?
(a) Cox.
(b) Helmet.
(c) Moreno.
(d) El Catolico.

4. About whom does Hogan ask?
(a) Josefina.
(b) El Catolico.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Harper.

5. Who commands the Portuguese?
(a) Captain Garrison.
(b) Lieutenant Tom Garrard.
(c) Captain Slocum.
(d) Lieutenant Johnson.

6. What does Sharpe tell Kearsey about who killed Hardy?
(a) Some bandits.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) Sharpe's men by accident.

7. What did the French not expect?
(a) The order for them to withdraw.
(b) Almeida to surrender.
(c) The explosion.
(d) Wellington to arrive in time.

8. What is on top of the hills?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hundreds of guns.
(c) A 7-foot high stone wall.
(d) Spiked trenches.

9. For what does Sharpe say the gold is going to used?
(a) Paying the Partisans.
(b) Fighting the French.
(c) Sharpe says he is not sure.
(d) Enriching Fernandid's pockets.

10. What makes Sharpe believe they have no chance?
(a) He sees that the main French army has joined in the skirmish.
(b) He spies about 200 Polish lancers.
(c) He spies about 200 French lancers.
(d) He sees the heavy calvalry moving in.

11. How long do they think they can hold out?
(a) 6-8 days.
(b) 6-8 weeks.
(c) A year or so.
(d) A month at the most.

12. What will happen if the French troops have to remain near the lines?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They will be picked off one by one.
(c) They will freeze to death.
(d) They will starve.

13. Why can the commander of the Portuguese not help Sharpe?
(a) He is under orders to do contrary to what Sharpe wants.
(b) He does not say.
(c) He does not believe Sharpe.
(d) He and his men are returning to Wellington.

14. Who is helping to keep the gold from Cox's men?
(a) Helmet.
(b) Moons.
(c) Garrard.
(d) Harper.

15. What is Sharpe's plan after lighting the fuse?
(a) He's not sure.
(b) Killing El Catolico.
(c) Heading out with Teresa back to the village.
(d) Run for safety underground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sharpe and Teresa wake up?

2. What does Sharpe notice as he leaves his sleeping quarters?

3. With what is Massena having problems?

4. What does Lawford reveal?

5. What really blew up?

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