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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. What is the most dangerous time for soldiers on alert?
(a) Dawn when it is still hazy.
(b) Late afternoon when the sun is from the west.
(c) All times are dangerous.
(d) Noon when they can't see shadows.

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

3. What is Teresa doing as Price's men fire their rifles?
(a) Helping rouse the men who are not on watch.
(b) On her way to her horse.
(c) Bandaging Sharpe's ribs.
(d) Getting her men lined up for a charge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper tell Sharpe about Tubbs?

2. Who is Captain Michel Pailleterie?

3. Who is Mr. MacKeon?

4. What will the plan do if it succeeds?

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

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