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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: pages 38-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tubbs think are French soldiers?
(a) A group of men found hiding in some caves.
(b) Several men hiding in a barn near the fort.
(c) Some of the men pretending to be farmers in the area.
(d) An unfriendly looking group of horsemen.

2. What does Sharpe doubt?
(a) That there are any French soldiers in the area.
(b) That Tubbs is competent.
(c) That his wife will be happy staying at the fort.
(d) That Harper is competent.

3. Who does Tubbs see riding towards the fort?
(a) A British Royal messenger.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) A scout for the Dutch troops.
(d) A Russian squad of artillerymen.

4. What does Ducos lack?
(a) A conscience.
(b) Pity and mercy.
(c) Enough food to feed his men for more than 2 days.
(d) An agressive nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When should Herault arrive?

2. What does Sharpe believe the French want the British to think?

3. What does the narrator say Major Pierre Ducos is not?

4. When was "Sharpe's Skirmish" first written?

5. What does Tubbs not believe?

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