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

2. What does Sharpe order his company to do after firing once?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Square up.
(c) Run.
(d) Drop to the ground.

3. Of what does Kearsey deny knowledge?
(a) Where Moreno is.
(b) The whereabouts of the French detachment.
(c) Hardy.
(d) The whereabouts of the Polish lancers.

4. Who does Sharpe take as a hostage?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Hardy.
(c) El Catolico.
(d) Knowles.

5. What does Sharpe think about El Catolico?
(a) He is trouble.
(b) He is a good ally.
(c) He is not native Spanish.
(d) He seems a man of high honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe want to look for the gold?

2. Who do they use to find their way through the dark?

3. Who is Batten?

4. Who is Major Kearsey?

5. What does Sharpe's men have orders to do to pursuers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kearsey leave Sharpe's company and what does Sharpe decide to do?

2. What does Kearsey reiterate about the gold?

3. Describe the English attack on the French in the village.

4. Who is Cox and what does Sharpe learn from him?

5. Who is holding the gold and what does Kearsey know about the man and the situation?

6. What does Harper tell Sharpe as the company is being escorted by the Partisans?

7. Who are discussing Sharpe's state of mind?

8. What happens when Sharpe begins to dig in the grave?

9. What sort of guide is Kearsey and why do the men find him annoying?

10. Where do the men of Sharpe's company go?

(see the answer keys)

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