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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 tell Sharpe about Tubbs?
(a) That Tubbs is swindling the Spanish peasants.
(b) That Tubbs will sell good muskets on the black market.
(c) That Tubbs is for sale to the highest bidder.
(d) That Tubbs is being too cautious.

2. What does Hickey ask Teresa?
(a) If she really fights the French.
(b) If she is really Napoleon's third cousin.
(c) If she is really the King of Spain's niece.
(d) Why in the world she would want to marry someone like Sharpe.

3. What does Harper think about Sharpe's order?
(a) Sharpe has the shakes from his bullet wound.
(b) Sharpe is the one who needs sleep.
(c) Sharpe is never wrong, so Harper takes him seriously.
(d) Sharpe is being unreasonable.

4. From what direction does Tubbs notice a cloud of dust?
(a) Brest.
(b) Paris.
(c) The channel.
(d) Salamanca.

5. Where does Herault march as night falls?
(a) Into Avila.
(b) Back towards Paris.
(c) Back to rejoin Soult.
(d) Across the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?

2. Who does Sharp yell at for staring at his wife?

3. Who does the job of disposal?

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

5. Who is General Jean Herault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Herault doing with Ducos?

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

3. Describe Major Pierre Ducos.

4. What does Sharpe order Lieutenant Price to do and why?

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

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

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

8. How does Sharpe scare Tubbs about a woman riding with a group of rebels and why is it funny?

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

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

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