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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: pages 47-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe suggest to Teresa?
(a) To stay in Madrid for a couple weeks.
(b) To stay in Avila for a couple weeks.
(c) To stay in Salamanca for a couple weeks.
(d) To bring their daughter to San Miguel for a week.

2. Where does Ducos want to force the British?
(a) To the Portuguese border.
(b) Into the Atlantic.
(c) To the Pyrenees.
(d) To Holland.

3. What is sacrificed at Avila?
(a) 3,000 British pike men.
(b) 300 French infantrymen.
(c) The ability to stike back quickly.
(d) 100 French heavy cavalry.

4. What does Herault now command?
(a) The South Army's horsemen.
(b) The South Army's heavy artillery.
(c) The South Army's infantry.
(d) The North Army's horsemen.

5. Who is nicknamed La Aguja?
(a) The beautiful woman riding towards the fort.
(b) Sergeant Harper.
(c) One of the men found hiding in the barn.
(d) A man Sharpe's company captures near the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tubbs not believe?

2. About what is Sharpe upset?

3. Why will the British soldiers' work in the Elysian fields be unmolested?

4. How many men does Captain Pailleterie take on his mission?

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

(see the answer key)

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