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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. Why will the British soldiers' work in the Elysian fields be unmolested?
(a) The French have been captured.
(b) There is a truce to gather their dead on each side.
(c) The British has a strong artillery presence.
(d) The French have left.

2. Of what does Tubbs take possession?
(a) The wine.
(b) The French camp followers.
(c) The muskets.
(d) The French prisoners.

3. Why doesn't Sharpe want to do what Major Tubbs suggests?
(a) Sharpe does not trust Major Tubbs.
(b) Sharpe does not think the French will harm the peasants and they'd be in the way inside the fort.
(c) Sharpe does not want to raise the alarm falsely.
(d) Sharpe wants to keep Teresa where he can protect her.

4. From what is Sharpe recovering?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) A lack of sleep.
(c) Malaria.
(d) A bullet wound.

5. Who is Arthur Wellesley?
(a) Patrick Harper's good buddy.
(b) The mayor of the town near the fort.
(c) The commander who is disgraced when he fails to capture the fort several months ago.
(d) The commander responsible for capturing the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tubbs think are French soldiers?

2. What is Sharpe ordered to do at the fort?

3. Who is Mr. MacKeon?

4. How does Sharpe know La Aguja?

5. What flies high above Tormes?

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