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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sharpe first to cross a wall according to one of the men who are sitting with Sharpe and Teresa?
(a) Fort Brest.
(b) Sandoon.
(c) Fort Gibraltar.
(d) Gawilghur.

2. Why doesn't Sharpe want to do what Major Tubbs suggests?
(a) Sharpe does not trust Major Tubbs.
(b) Sharpe wants to keep Teresa where he can protect her.
(c) Sharpe does not think the French will harm the peasants and they'd be in the way inside the fort.
(d) Sharpe does not want to raise the alarm falsely.

3. How many men does Captain Pailleterie take on his mission?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

4. From what direction does Tubbs notice a cloud of dust?
(a) The channel.
(b) Brest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Salamanca.

5. What does Ducos lack?
(a) An agressive nature.
(b) Enough food to feed his men for more than 2 days.
(c) A conscience.
(d) Pity and mercy.

6. What does Sharpe say he did not see?
(a) Correct military protocal by the local militia.
(b) A way to defend the fort if the French return.
(c) Any strange uniforms.
(d) Correct military procedures by Tubbs and his men.

7. What does Price say about Teresa?
(a) She is worth staring at.
(b) She is 100 percent loyal to Sharpe.
(c) She is a hot-blooded Spanish lady and Hicky may lose something valuable.
(d) Nothing.

8. What does Sharpe tell Harper to do?
(a) Be on the lookout for anything to happen.
(b) Double the guard on the fort walls.
(c) Get some sleep.
(d) Get the wine away from his men.

9. What is La Aguja's real name?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Jorge.

10. What motivated Teresa to becomes a soldier?
(a) Because the French will not allow Spain to be independent even if Spain fights for them.
(b) The French killed her young son.
(c) The French captured her father and brothers and they are in prison.
(d) The French killed her family.

11. Where does Teresa want to ride?
(a) To Avila.
(b) To Paris.
(c) To Madrid.
(d) To Brest.

12. What is Major Ducos' position?
(a) The man in charge of logistics for Tubb's battalion.
(b) A functionary for the Emperor.
(c) Commander of the Dragoons.
(d) Advisor to Cornwallis.

13. What does Harper insist about his men?
(a) They know better than to get drunk.
(b) They think Sharpe can do no wrong.
(c) They are in sore need of some leave time.
(d) They are the best sharpshooters in the British army.

14. How many muskets does a priest discover at the fort?
(a) Almost 5,000.
(b) Almost 1,000.
(c) About 500.
(d) About 15,000.

15. What enrages Teresa?
(a) That the French have once again intruded upon the Spanish.
(b) The possible destruction of a sacred site.
(c) That Sharpe does not seem perturbed that the French are razing the countryside.
(d) That Sharpe does not understand her desire to save Avila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the rest of Herault's men do?

2. What will the plan do if it succeeds?

3. Of what does Tubbs take possession?

4. What does Herault now command?

5. What is one thing that makes Tubbs happy about their arrival at this fort?

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