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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 Teresa suggest Sharpe have Hickey do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Retreat with the civilians since he is wounded.
(c) Write a request for reinforcements.
(d) Send out scouts towards Avila.

2. What did the sacrifice at Avila do?
(a) Give Sharpe a clear field to regroup.
(b) Give the Duke of Wellington's forces a way to retreat.
(c) Open the back way to Castile.
(d) Free the rest of Teresa's rebel group to join Sharpe.

3. Through what town does Herault ride?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Masalez.
(c) Sietan.
(d) Champlain.

4. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?
(a) 24 bottles of wine.
(b) Three bottles of whiskey.
(c) Three bottles of scotch.
(d) Several bottles of laudanum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ducos want to force the British?

2. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?

3. What does the narrator say in the introduction about the first version of "Sharpe's Skirmish"?

4. What does Sharpe tell Hickey when it is obvious Hickey is afraid?

5. What is the main obstacle of Soult's forces that are traveling North?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Teresa's response to Hickey's question about fighting the French?

2. Why is Major Ducos in Spain?

3. What does Herault suggest as a tactic for taking San Miguel?

4. Who is Major Tubbs supervising and what is his mission?

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

6. What does Harper say about Major Tubbs when asked by Sharpe?

7. What is Major Tubbs' response to hearing the French may come to San Miguel and what does Sharpe say to Tubbs?

8. Briefly characterize Captain Richard Sharpe.

9. What does Ducos think of Herault's plan.

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

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