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

2. What does Harper admit to Sharpe?
(a) He is getting married when he returns to England.
(b) He is getting out of the Army as soon as Napoleon is defeated.
(c) He has always been in love with Teresa.
(d) He may not have smashed as much as the wine as Sharpe ordered.

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

4. Where does Perkins go after Sharpe talks with him?
(a) To talk to Tubbs.
(b) The village.
(c) To Salamanca.
(d) To talk to Pailleterie.

5. What does Sharpe think is almost impossible?
(a) The English could march from Brest to there in two days.
(b) The French could reach the fort.
(c) The Spanish regulars would attack their own fortress.
(d) The French could still be in Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe push into the water?

2. What enrages Teresa?

3. Where does Ducos want to force the British?

4. What does Sharpe have Harper do?

5. What does Pailleterie order his men to do as rifle fire commences?

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