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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: pages 47-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens just after Ducos arrives in Spain?
(a) Soult's army is destroyed.
(b) Sharpe kills Marmont.
(c) Marmont's army is destroyed.
(d) Marmont's army wins a crucial battle.

2. Why does Coignet raise an alarm?
(a) He hears Major Tubbs talking to Sharpe.
(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 does not raise an alarm.

3. What does Tubbs say about Sharpe being an officer?
(a) He is the finest there is.
(b) He was brought up through the ranks.
(c) He may be an officer, but he's no gentleman.
(d) He acts more like a noble than many nobles.

4. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?
(a) Wine.
(b) Laudenum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tobacco.

5. What will the plan do if it succeeds?
(a) Deal a detestation blow to Wellington's forces.
(b) Perpetuate the least amount of casualties.
(c) Get the troops to Marmont faster.
(d) Save Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper tell Sharpe about Tubbs?

2. What does Sharpe find when he sneaks to a wall of the fort?

3. What do Pailleterie and Tubbs discuss?

4. What does Sharpe think is almost impossible?

5. Why doesn't Sharpe want to do what Major Tubbs suggests?

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