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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. What does the narrator say Major Pierre Ducos is not?
(a) Dishonorable.
(b) A major or civilian.
(c) Brave.
(d) A coward.

2. What men does Sharpe have left to fight?
(a) Two ranks of infantry and some riflemen.
(b) About half a squad.
(c) Most of his men are still alive and fighting.
(d) About half a company.

3. What is spreading through the Spanish countryside?
(a) News of the French column headed to Avila.
(b) Cholera.
(c) News of a large French army headed to San Miguel.
(d) Malaria.

4. Of what does Tubbs take possession?
(a) The French prisoners.
(b) The wine.
(c) The French camp followers.
(d) The muskets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Harper to do?

2. About what does Coignet ask Pailleterie?

3. Where is the wagon that had originally blockaded the bridge?

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

5. What orders does the French commander give to the men he summons?

(see the answer key)

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