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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 does Sharpe order his men to do when he runs back to the village?
(a) Start setting the fort's timbers on fire.
(b) Prepare to storm the fort.
(c) Retreat to the farmhouse.
(d) Retreat to the river.

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

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

4. Where does Sharpe sprinkle oil and add kindling?
(a) In the fort commander's office.
(b) In the fort's stables.
(c) On the bridge.
(d) In the storeroom of the fort.

5. What does the narrator say Major Pierre Ducos is not?
(a) Brave.
(b) A coward.
(c) A major or civilian.
(d) Dishonorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharp do in the place where he sneaks?

2. For what does Sharpe know he will be blamed?

3. Where does Sharpe sneak?

4. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?

5. What does Ducos lack?

(see the answer key)

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