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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: pages 19-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harper tell Sharpe about Tubbs?
(a) That Tubbs is swindling the Spanish peasants.
(b) That Tubbs is being too cautious.
(c) That Tubbs will sell good muskets on the black market.
(d) That Tubbs is for sale to the highest bidder.

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

3. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?
(a) Three bottles of scotch.
(b) Three bottles of whiskey.
(c) Several bottles of laudanum.
(d) 24 bottles of wine.

4. Where was Sharpe first to cross a wall according to one of the men who are sitting with Sharpe and Teresa?
(a) Sandoon.
(b) Gawilghur.
(c) Fort Gibraltar.
(d) Fort Brest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe have his men marching on recon?

2. What is one thing that makes Tubbs happy about their arrival at this fort?

3. What does Harper think about Sharpe's order?

4. How many muskets does a priest discover at the fort?

5. Who does Teresa say she fights?

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