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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: pages 38-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe doubt?
(a) That his wife will be happy staying at the fort.
(b) That there are any French soldiers in the area.
(c) That Tubbs is competent.
(d) That Harper is competent.

2. Why has Sharpe made everyone else nervous?
(a) Because he is angry about the wine Harper saved.
(b) Because he is jumpy himself.
(c) Because they think he knows more than they do about an impending attack.
(d) No one but Sharpe is jumpy.

3. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?
(a) Several bottles of laudanum.
(b) 24 bottles of wine.
(c) Three bottles of whiskey.
(d) Three bottles of scotch.

4. What does Hickey ask Teresa?
(a) If she is really the King of Spain's niece.
(b) If she really fights the French.
(c) Why in the world she would want to marry someone like Sharpe.
(d) If she is really Napoleon's third cousin.

5. What does Sharpe suggest Teresa have her men do?
(a) Sharpe would not try to tell Teresa what to do.
(b) Go to rejoin the main rebel forces.
(c) Go to Avila.
(d) Stay in San Miguel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pailleterie shelter his men in the fort?

2. Where does Sharpe send Harper and twenty riflemen?

3. Where may Teresa go if the French do not arrive?

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

5. Who is Arthur Wellesley?

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