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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe say he did not see?
(a) Correct military procedures by Tubbs and his men.
(b) Correct military protocal by the local militia.
(c) A way to defend the fort if the French return.
(d) Any strange uniforms.

2. Who is Mr. MacKeon?
(a) A Scottish cook.
(b) An Irish laborer.
(c) A Scot laborer.
(d) An Irish cook.

3. What does Sharpe have Harper do?
(a) Try to stall Teresa and her men from leaving.
(b) Have Harper's men dig trenches on the far side of the bridge.
(c) Set up Tubb's oxcart on the bridge.
(d) Take some men to help the Duke of Wellington.

4. What does Major Tubbs suggest that Sharpe declines to do?
(a) Send Teresa and her men to Avila.
(b) Send Harper to warn Wellington.
(c) Bring the Spanish peasants inside to fort for protection.
(d) Warn Salamanca that the French are coming.

5. What will the plan do if it succeeds?
(a) Deal a detestation blow to Wellington's forces.
(b) Save Madrid.
(c) Perpetuate the least amount of casualties.
(d) Get the troops to Marmont faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Napoleon send Ducos to Spain?

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

3. What does Price say about Teresa?

4. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?

5. What will the rest of Herault's men do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe scare Tubbs about a woman riding with a group of rebels and why is it funny?

2. Who welcomes Sharpe to San Miguel and what is he like?

3. How does Herault gain command of the South Army's horsemen?

4. Why is Major Ducos in Spain?

5. Who is MacKeon and what is his connection to Sharpe?

6. What does Teresa want to do and what does Sharpe suggest?

7. Why is Soult amenable to Ducos' request for some of Soult's men?

8. About what are Sharp's men objecting and why do they stop complaining?

9. What is Sharpe's response to Teresa's question about Gawilghur?

10. What does Harper admit about the bottles of wine he was tasked with destroying?

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