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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 28-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Herault march as night falls?
(a) Back towards Paris.
(b) Back to rejoin Soult.
(c) Into Avila.
(d) Across the hills.

3. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?
(a) It is quite stalwart.
(b) It is old and fragile.
(c) It needs a few patches but is generally stout.
(d) It should be torn down.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ducos want to force the British?

2. Who has accompanied Sharpe to the fort?

3. What will the plan do if it succeeds?

4. What does Hickey ask Teresa?

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

(see the answer key)

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