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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. Where does Ducos suggest sending 300 men?
(a) To circle around and wait on the coast.
(b) Directly to Marmont.
(c) Avila.
(d) Back to Soult.

2. What do Teresa's men do that gives their presence away to Pailleterie?
(a) Get in a fight and make noise.
(b) Roast rabbits over a fire.
(c) Shoot a few rifles in the air when they get drunk.
(d) Nothing.

3. How many men does Captain Pailleterie take on his mission?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

4. What grabs Sharpe's attention as he and Teresa are talking?
(a) The sound of a horse screaming.
(b) A shout from the bridge.
(c) The sound of canons.
(d) An explosion from inside the fort.

5. Who does Ducos ask for help?
(a) Marmont.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) No one.
(d) Soult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharp yell at for staring at his wife?

2. Where does the General lead a charge that destroys a British battalion?

3. What does Sharpe tell Hickey when it is obvious Hickey is afraid?

4. Where has Sharpe arrived?

5. Where was Sharpe first to cross a wall according to one of the men who are sitting with Sharpe and Teresa?

(see the answer key)

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