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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 see is lost?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The fort.
(c) The town of San Miguel.
(d) The farmhouse where Harper is hiding.

2. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?
(a) It is old and fragile.
(b) It needs a few patches but is generally stout.
(c) It should be torn down.
(d) It is quite stalwart.

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

4. Who does Tubbs think are French soldiers?
(a) A group of men found hiding in some caves.
(b) Several men hiding in a barn near the fort.
(c) Some of the men pretending to be farmers in the area.
(d) An unfriendly looking group of horsemen.

5. Where does Ducos suggest sending 300 men?
(a) To circle around and wait on the coast.
(b) Back to Soult.
(c) Avila.
(d) Directly to Marmont.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is nicknamed La Aguja?

4. What does Ducos lack?

5. How old is General Herault?

(see the answer key)

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