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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 28-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 captured her father and brothers and they are in prison.
(c) The French killed her family.
(d) The French killed her young son.

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

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

4. What does Harper think about Sharpe's order?
(a) Sharpe is never wrong, so Harper takes him seriously.
(b) Sharpe has the shakes from his bullet wound.
(c) Sharpe is the one who needs sleep.
(d) Sharpe is being unreasonable.

5. What is Sharpe trying to accomplish at the bridge?
(a) Leaving it open so the French will cross it into an ambush.
(b) Collapsing it.
(c) Barricading it.
(d) Sharpe has no plans for the bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes in search of the French?

2. Where does Ducos want to force the British?

3. Where does Herault think the biggest danger to his men lies?

4. How many men does Soult send North?

5. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?

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