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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. Who does Teresa say she fights?
(a) Whoever she feels like fighting.
(b) Rude men.
(c) Anyone allied with Napoleon.
(d) Anyone who gives Sharpe a hard time.

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

3. What does Sharpe doubt?
(a) That Harper is competent.
(b) That there are any French soldiers in the area.
(c) That his wife will be happy staying at the fort.
(d) That Tubbs is competent.

4. What happens just after Ducos arrives in Spain?
(a) Marmont's army wins a crucial battle.
(b) Soult's army is destroyed.
(c) Marmont's army is destroyed.
(d) Sharpe kills Marmont.

5. What does Price say about Teresa?
(a) She is a hot-blooded Spanish lady and Hicky may lose something valuable.
(b) She is 100 percent loyal to Sharpe.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She is worth staring at.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sacrifice at Avila do?

2. Who does Tubbs think are French soldiers?

3. What does Sharpe have Harper do?

4. With what book was "Sharpe's Skirmish" supposed to be given away?

5. What is one group against whom Herault fought?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Major Ducos in Spain?

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

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

6. Describe the situation with the wine that is found in the fort at San Miguel.

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

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

9. Describe Major Pierre Ducos.

10. Why does Teresa become enraged about what she hears about Avila?

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