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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. Why does Coignet raise an alarm?
(a) He does not raise an alarm.
(b) He sees smoke coming through the floorboards.
(c) He sees Sharpe's men trying to light the outer gates of the fort.
(d) He hears Major Tubbs talking to Sharpe.

2. Who is Hagman?
(a) The senior rifleman.
(b) The man who takes a bullet for Sharpe.
(c) The first Hessian across the bridge.
(d) The one who fired too soon.

3. What do Perkins, Cooper and Harris bring to Sharpe?
(a) Bundles in blankets.
(b) A message from Teresa.
(c) A message from Wellington.
(d) One of the captured French soldiers.

4. What flies high above Tormes?
(a) A British rifleman who is hanged.
(b) The tricolor.
(c) The white flag of surrender.
(d) Nothing.

5. 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 MacKeon go to Wellington to request reinforcements.
(d) That Sharpe send in an assassin to deal with Pailleterie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teresa go to Salamanca?

2. Where is the wagon that had originally blockaded the bridge?

3. What does Pailleterie hope about San Miguel?

4. What part of the horse is disabled?

5. Why is Sharpe in a quandary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Sharpe uncertain about how to keep the bridge?

3. How does Pailleterie threaten his men and what is there response?

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

5. Who raises the alarm about the fire and what do they do?

6. How will makeshift caltrops help Sharpe?

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

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

9. What strategy does Herault choose to fight Sharpe and his men?

10. How does Sharpe attempt to sabotage the fort?

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