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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Sharpe know he will be blamed?
(a) The loss of the muskets.
(b) The loss of so many men.
(c) The disruption to the British supply lines.
(d) The capture of Major Tubbs.

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

3. What is a four-pointed star of metal spikes that disables horses?
(a) Spurs.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Twitches.
(d) Caltrops.

4. What does Sharpe find when he sneaks to a wall of the fort?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A hole under the wall.
(c) A place where the wall has weakened.
(d) A crack.

5. Who does Sharpe push into the water?
(a) Pailleterie.
(b) Coignet.
(c) Herault.
(d) Tubbs.

6. For what is Sharpe grateful about Harper's earlier actions?
(a) Harper's hobby of braiding twine into rope.
(b) Harper's disobedience in not staying at the farmhouse.
(c) Harper's disobedience in not smashing all the wine bottles.
(d) Harper's thinking of poisoning the enemy.

7. What does Sharpe order Harper and the rest of his men to do?
(a) Carry the boxes of dynamite out to the fort's gates.
(b) Retreat towards the direction from which reinforcements are expected.
(c) Throw the rest of the unopened wine bottles on the bridge.
(d) Start filling their rucksacks with the poison to deploy.

8. Why is Sharpe filled with fury?
(a) He is angry that the French outmaneuvered him.
(b) He is angry that Tubbs consorted with the enemy.
(c) He is angry that Pailleterie thinks him not worthy to be an officer.
(d) He has learned that the French hold Teresa prisoner.

9. What does Pailleterie order his men to do as rifle fire commences?
(a) Draw their sabers.
(b) Sheath their sabers and load their muskets.
(c) Nothing; he has panicked.
(d) Retreat.

10. About what does Coignet ask Pailleterie?
(a) If he should strip the prisoners of their valuables.
(b) If he should break the wine bottles.
(c) If he should build a stockade for the prisoners.
(d) If he should send word back to Herault.

11. Who makes a suggestion to Sharpe to help him in his strategic plans?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Tubbs.
(c) Harper.
(d) MacKeon.

12. What else does the French commander decide to try to do to Sharpe's men?
(a) Take some captive to interrogate.
(b) Confuse them.
(c) Separate them into small groups.
(d) Send his lancers in to finish Sharpe's men off.

13. What orders does the French commander give to the men he summons?
(a) To go get the fire out at the fort.
(b) To ford the river and flank the riflemen.
(c) To go in and capture Sharpe.
(d) To silence the riflemen.

14. About what is Sharpe at least thankful?
(a) That his infant daughter is not at San Miguel.
(b) That Harper and his men are safe.
(c) That Major Tubbs is inside the fort and can help Sharpe.
(d) That Teresa presumably made it safely to Avila.

15. What does Sharpe see is lost?
(a) The farmhouse where Harper is hiding.
(b) The town of San Miguel.
(c) The bridge.
(d) The fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is MacKeon reminded?

2. Who does Teresa bring from Wellington's forces?

3. Of what nationality are the lancers of the French army?

4. What does Teresa wave at Sharpe?

5. Why are the lancers unable to get by the horses?

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