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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 is Batten?
(a) The mayor of the town the regiment is marching through.
(b) A friend of Sharpe's who arrives to give Sharpe new orders.
(c) The man Ayres catches.
(d) A good friend of Lieutenant Ayres.

2. Who are the only Spanish people fighting the war?
(a) The merchant class.
(b) Peasants.
(c) The nobles.
(d) No one.

3. Why is one of Sharpe's man left alive?
(a) He hid out in the hayloft.
(b) Because he is a solider and must treated honorably.
(c) He told the French what they were doing.
(d) He was cousin to one of the French soldiers.

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

5. What does Sharpe risk in going back to look for the gold?
(a) The wrath of the French and Spanish.
(b) That there are still Partisans in the village.
(c) That Teresa will be harmed by the Partisans.
(d) That El Catolico will persuade Kearsey to deceive him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe find as he is digging in the grave?

2. Why wouldn't the Partisans buried a man on Sunday?

3. With what is Ramon impressed?

4. Why is Sharpe pleased?

5. Where do Teresa and El Catolico say Hardy is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sharpe and Teresa begin a romance?

2. What happens to Kearsey as he is returning to Sharpe's company?

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

4. How does Sharpe threaten El Catolico's men?

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

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

7. Who does not agree with most of the others, but why is that not obvious?

8. Describe Sharpe's company's escape from the village where the gold was.

9. Describe Sharpe's discussion with Wellington.

10. Why is the mood somber in Chapter one among the forces allied against Napoleon?

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