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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 will add a page to Soult's page of glory?
(a) Being given command of the Dragoons.
(b) Being given command of the combined French and Spanish armies.
(c) Giving Maront help.
(d) Capturing Duke of Wellington.

2. What will the rest of Herault's men do?
(a) Hold the bridge at Santos Carmo.
(b) Hold the bridge at San Miguel de Tormes.
(c) Divide up and go through three different mountain passes.
(d) Wait in reserve where they are presently located.

3. What does Sharpe tell Hickey when it is obvious Hickey is afraid?
(a) That Ensigns are expendable.
(b) That fear can be a good way to stay alive.
(c) That Sharpe has not lost a battle yet.
(d) That the French could never get through the fort's walls.

4. What does Sharpe suggest Teresa have her men do?
(a) Sharpe would not try to tell Teresa what to do.
(b) Stay in San Miguel.
(c) Go to Avila.
(d) Go to rejoin the main rebel forces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Major Ducos' position?

2. What does Sharpe have disposed of, found in the fort?

3. To what does Sharpe's men object until Sharpe gets near?

4. Who is Captain Michel Pailleterie?

5. What will the men Soult sends North do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the setting and mission for Captain Richard Sharpe.

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

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

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

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

7. How does Sharpe begin to prepare for the arrival of the French?

8. What does Herault do after sacrificing 300 French infantrymen?

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

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

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