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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 is nicknamed La Aguja?
(a) The beautiful woman riding towards the fort.
(b) A man Sharpe's company captures near the river.
(c) Sergeant Harper.
(d) One of the men found hiding in the barn.

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

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

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

5. What does Ducos plan to recommend to Napoleon?
(a) Herault.
(b) Marmont.
(c) Segoveria.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the General lead a charge that destroys a British battalion?

2. How old is General Herault?

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

4. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?

5. What enrages Teresa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Major Pierre Ducos.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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