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

2. Where does Sharpe sprinkle oil and add kindling?
(a) In the fort commander's office.
(b) In the storeroom of the fort.
(c) On the bridge.
(d) In the fort's stables.

3. What does Teresa suggest Sharpe have Hickey do?
(a) Write a request for reinforcements.
(b) Retreat with the civilians since he is wounded.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Send out scouts towards Avila.

4. Where does Sharpe sneak?
(a) To the fort commander's office.
(b) To the farmhouse where Harper is holed up.
(c) To try to get his horse out of the fort stable.
(d) A small place between the storeroom ceiling and the floor above.

5. How does Sharpe light the oil?
(a) Harris brings him a lighted taper from a fire in the village.
(b) Fires his pistol into it.
(c) Uses his flint.
(d) His intention is to make the French slide off the bridge, not to set fire to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?

2. What does Sharpe think is almost impossible?

3. What does the narrator say Major Pierre Ducos is not?

4. What does Harper admit to Sharpe?

5. Where is the wagon that had originally blockaded the bridge?

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