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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: page 57-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is MacKeon reminded?
(a) Gawilghur.
(b) A fort he and Sharpe took near Brest.
(c) A battle he read about in his military studies.
(d) A seige near Sangre.

2. What does Pailleterie see going towards San Miguel?
(a) A small stream.
(b) Two French battalions.
(c) Two British battalions.
(d) A hidden path.

3. What does Sharpe order Harper and the rest of his men to do?
(a) Retreat towards the direction from which reinforcements are expected.
(b) Throw the rest of the unopened wine bottles on the bridge.
(c) Start filling their rucksacks with the poison to deploy.
(d) Carry the boxes of dynamite out to the fort's gates.

4. Who is Lieutenant Price?
(a) A British officer turned traitor.
(b) An officer under Sharpe's command.
(c) An officer under Major Tubbs' command.
(d) A corrupt commisary officer.

5. With whom does Major Tubbs have to work?
(a) Private Harper.
(b) Spanish and Scot laborers.
(c) The Duke's son.
(d) The Duke's nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ducos want to force the British?

2. What will the rest of Herault's men do?

3. What happens just after Ducos arrives in Spain?

4. Who does Sharpe first talk to at the fort?

5. What does Sharpe say he did not see?

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