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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: page 57-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the General lead a charge that destroys a British battalion?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Albubera.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Harque.

2. How many men does Soult send North?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 26,000.

3. How is Sharpe feeling at the coming of the dawn?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Vindicated.
(d) Weary and foolish.

4. Where is the wagon that had originally blockaded the bridge?
(a) Burned to ashes.
(b) In the river.
(c) Sitting on the other bank.
(d) Sharpe does not know.

5. What does Sharpe admit to Teresa?
(a) That he loved her from the first time he saw her.
(b) That he may have overreacted.
(c) That he had an affair while she was gone.
(d) That he still has faith in his intuition that the French are out there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Pailleterie an advantage in charging across the bridge?

2. What does the French commander decide to try to do to Sharpe's men?

3. How did the French fool Sharpe?

4. Why does Sharpe order this disposal?

5. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?

(see the answer key)

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