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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 Sharpe order the redcoats to do?
(a) Flank the lancers.
(b) Flank the dragoons.
(c) Fire at the charging lancers.
(d) Retreat to the back side of the fort.

2. How do Pailleterie's men feel about him?
(a) They think he is too strict.
(b) They like him.
(c) They think he is arrogant.
(d) They think he is incompetent.

3. Where does Sharpe sneak?
(a) To the farmhouse where Harper is holed up.
(b) To try to get his horse out of the fort stable.
(c) To the fort commander's office.
(d) A small place between the storeroom ceiling and the floor above.

4. Where is the wagon that had originally blockaded the bridge?
(a) In the river.
(b) Sitting on the other bank.
(c) Sharpe does not know.
(d) Burned to ashes.

5. What grabs Sharpe's attention as he and Teresa are talking?
(a) The sound of a horse screaming.
(b) A shout from the bridge.
(c) An explosion from inside the fort.
(d) The sound of canons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What looks like a makeshift caltrops?

2. What orders does the French commander give to the men he summons?

3. When should Herault arrive?

4. What does Pailleterie know about the road to the South?

5. Why doesn't Ensign Hickey negotiate with the French?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe admit to Teresa about his jumpiness?

2. What does Pailleterie order when it becomes clear that the fire is out of control?

3. Describe how the tide changes for Sharpe and his men after the wine bottles have been broken on the bridge.

4. How is Sharpe feeling at the opening of this section?

5. Of what does MacKeon remind Sharpe?

6. How is Sharpe feeling as dawn approaches, and how do the men respond?

7. Why is Sharpe now grateful for Harper's earlier disobedience about the wine?

8. Why is Sharpe upset as he sees the French approaching?

9. What is the aftermath of the battle at the bridge of San Miguel?

10. In what way are both Sharpe and Pailleterie furious at the other group?

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