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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Teresa say she fights?
(a) Rude men.
(b) Whoever she feels like fighting.
(c) Anyone allied with Napoleon.
(d) Anyone who gives Sharpe a hard time.

2. What does Sharpe think is almost impossible?
(a) The English could march from Brest to there in two days.
(b) The French could still be in Spain.
(c) The French could reach the fort.
(d) The Spanish regulars would attack their own fortress.

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

4. When was "Sharpe's Skirmish" first written?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1898.

5. What is one thing that makes Tubbs happy about their arrival at this fort?
(a) There is fine wine in the fort.
(b) The Duke has returned to England.
(c) The men have been given three days leave.
(d) The captured French are cooperating.

6. What will the men Soult sends North do?
(a) Flank Wellington and go after Norththumberland.
(b) March for Paris to try to save it.
(c) Attack the Spanish traitors at Casa Lomalinda.
(d) Attack Wellington's position.

7. Where has Sharpe arrived?
(a) San Miguel.
(b) Santos Marios.
(c) San Juan.
(d) Santos Juanita.

8. Where does Sharpe send Harper and twenty riflemen?
(a) To a nearby farm.
(b) To protect the musket cache.
(c) To protect the bridge.
(d) To take a message to Wellington.

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

10. 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.

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

12. What is Herault assigned to capture?
(a) The fort at Santos Carmo.
(b) The fort at Brazilios.
(c) The bridge at San Miguel de Tormes.
(d) The bridge at Santos Carmo.

13. Who is Captain Michel Pailleterie?
(a) The company commander of the light artillery with the Duke of Wellington.
(b) The Captain of one of the companies under Sharpe.
(c) The officer Herault sends ahead.
(d) The officer who Major Tubbs consults about the muskets.

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

15. How old is General Herault?
(a) 44.
(b) 28.
(c) 37.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Major Lucius Tubbs?

3. Who goes in search of the French?

4. Who is General Jean Herault?

5. What does Sharpe tell Harper to do?

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