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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 Harper admit to Sharpe?
(a) He is getting out of the Army as soon as Napoleon is defeated.
(b) He may not have smashed as much as the wine as Sharpe ordered.
(c) He is getting married when he returns to England.
(d) He has always been in love with Teresa.

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

3. Where does Ducos want to force the British?
(a) To the Portuguese border.
(b) To Holland.
(c) Into the Atlantic.
(d) To the Pyrenees.

4. Where does Herault think the biggest danger to his men lies?
(a) In crossing the Southern plains.
(b) Near the Vlazio River crossing.
(c) In going through the mountains.
(d) Near the forst at Brazilios.

5. Why does Sharpe order this disposal?
(a) Because he is afraid the men will get ill with moldy wheat.
(b) Because the war has not yet been won.
(c) He is afraid to use the rounds in case they explode inside the cannon barrels.
(d) Because he does not believe in poisoning wells as a tactic of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Major Pierre Ducos is not?

2. Who is Captain Michel Pailleterie?

3. What is sacrificed at Avila?

4. Who does Ducos ask for help?

5. How many muskets does a priest discover at the fort?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one of the people eating together in the mess offend Sharpe, and who steps in and has his own opinion about the topic?

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

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

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

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

6. How do Sharpe and Teresa disagree about Sharpe's handling of Ensign Hickey?

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

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

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

10. What is Sharpe's mission in relation to Major Tubbs and why does he take his mission seriously?

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