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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pailleterie see going towards San Miguel?
(a) A hidden path.
(b) A small stream.
(c) Two British battalions.
(d) Two French battalions.

2. What does Teresa wave at Sharpe?
(a) A flag.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her bandana.
(d) The letter requesting reinforcements.

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

4. How does Sharpe light the oil?
(a) His intention is to make the French slide off the bridge, not to set fire to it.
(b) Fires his pistol into it.
(c) Uses his flint.
(d) Harris brings him a lighted taper from a fire in the village.

5. What does Sharpe order the redcoats to do?
(a) Fire at the charging lancers.
(b) Flank the dragoons.
(c) Retreat to the back side of the fort.
(d) Flank the lancers.

6. What does Tubbs say about Sharpe being an officer?
(a) He was brought up through the ranks.
(b) He acts more like a noble than many nobles.
(c) He is the finest there is.
(d) He may be an officer, but he's no gentleman.

7. What confounds Sharpe as he and his men take the bridge?
(a) The village up in arms against the French.
(b) The village attacking Sharpe and his men.
(c) Herault's men marching towards them.
(d) Teresa running towards him from the French lines.

8. Where does Perkins go after Sharpe talks with him?
(a) To Salamanca.
(b) To talk to Pailleterie.
(c) To talk to Tubbs.
(d) The village.

9. What does Pailleterie order his men to do as rifle fire commences?
(a) Nothing; he has panicked.
(b) Draw their sabers.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Sheath their sabers and load their muskets.

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

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

12. About what is Sharpe at least thankful?
(a) That Major Tubbs is inside the fort and can help Sharpe.
(b) That his infant daughter is not at San Miguel.
(c) That Teresa presumably made it safely to Avila.
(d) That Harper and his men are safe.

13. What does Sharpe perceive when he looks down Salamanca Road?
(a) A lone dog sniffing in the bushes.
(b) Some shadows that are not cast by trees.
(c) Several horse strays walking down the road.
(d) All is quiet.

14. How do Pailleterie's men feel about him?
(a) They think he is too strict.
(b) They think he is arrogant.
(c) They think he is incompetent.
(d) They like him.

15. How is a barricade created to help the British?
(a) They no longer need a barricade.
(b) The gate timbers.
(c) The wagon is finally retrieved from the river.
(d) The pile of dead horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in question 163 suggest to Sharpe.

2. Who is the high-ranking prisoner Sharpe captures?

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

4. Who is Hagman?

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

(see the answer keys)

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