2. What is being stored in the back of the chapel?
(a) A few cases of dynamite.
(b) The poison.
(c) The muskets Tubbs was checking out.
(d) The wine Harper did not destroy.

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

4. What does Pailleterie order his men and the prisoners to do?
(a) To smash down the southern wall of the fort.
(b) To hold fast.
(c) Gather in the Eastern corner of the fort.
(d) Gather on to the bridge.

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

6. Why has Sharpe made everyone else nervous?
(a) Because he is angry about the wine Harper saved.
(b) No one but Sharpe is jumpy.
(c) Because they think he knows more than they do about an impending attack.
(d) Because he is jumpy himself.

7. What does the French commander decide to try to do to Sharpe's men?
(a) Push them into the river.
(b) Lead them into an ambush.
(c) Thin them out.
(d) Kill them with his pikemen.

8. What is the most dangerous time for soldiers on alert?
(a) All times are dangerous.
(b) Noon when they can't see shadows.
(c) Dawn when it is still hazy.
(d) Late afternoon when the sun is from the west.

9. What makes a recovery of the situation at San Miguel possible for Sharpe?
(a) If Pailleterie panics.
(b) If Teresa returns in time with reinforcements.
(c) If the fire in the fort spreads rapidly and the French cannot extinguish it.
(d) If Tubbs does his part inside the fort.

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

11. What does MacKeon suggest to Sharpe?
(a) That there is always a back way in.
(b) That Sharpe evacuate non-essential personal from the town.
(c) That Sharpe send in an assassin to deal with Pailleterie.
(d) That MacKeon go to Wellington to request reinforcements.

12. Who does Teresa bring from Wellington's forces?
(a) The light cavalry of the 101st brigade.
(b) The heavy artillery of the 57th brigade.
(c) No one.
(d) Captain Lossow of the King's German Legion and his forces.

13. What does Pailleterie think is his last chance when he orders his men to charge?
(a) To acquit himself with honor.
(b) To finally get rid of the British from the area.
(c) To hold the bridge.
(d) He knows he can dig in and wait for reinforcements, so he is not worried.

14. About what is Sharpe upset?
(a) Pailleterie hanging one of Sharpe's men who was captured.
(b) Teresa riding off alone.
(c) Losing the fort.
(d) Harper's men being overwhelmed.

15. What does the person in question 163 suggest to Sharpe.
(a) Flanking the Dragoons on the west.
(b) Moving the villagers to hold the reserve line.
(c) Using the wine.
(d) Using fire to destroy the bridge.