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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 Captain Michel Pailleterie?
(a) The Captain of one of the companies under Sharpe.
(b) The officer Herault sends ahead.
(c) The officer who Major Tubbs consults about the muskets.
(d) The company commander of the light artillery with the Duke of Wellington.

2. How many men does Soult send North?
(a) 26,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 6,000.

3. What is one thing that makes Tubbs happy about their arrival at this fort?
(a) The men have been given three days leave.
(b) The captured French are cooperating.
(c) The Duke has returned to England.
(d) There is fine wine in the fort.

4. What is sacrificed at Avila?
(a) 300 French infantrymen.
(b) The ability to stike back quickly.
(c) 3,000 British pike men.
(d) 100 French heavy cavalry.

5. What would happen if the French retake Salamanca?
(a) It will cut the Duke of Wellington's forces off from their supplies.
(b) The English would have to fall back to Madrid.
(c) The French would have a staging ground to retake the southeastern edge of France.
(d) The English would have to retreat into Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is nicknamed La Aguja?

2. What does Harper tell Sharpe about Tubbs?

3. Who is Arthur Wellesley?

4. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?

5. What does Major Tubbs suggest that Sharpe declines to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Teresa's response to Hickey's question about fighting the French?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Herault gain command of the South Army's horsemen?

8. How does one of the people eating together in the mess offend Sharpe, and who steps in and has his own opinion about the topic?

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

10. Who is Major Tubbs supervising and what is his mission?

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