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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 for sale to the highest bidder.
(b) That Tubbs is swindling the Spanish peasants.
(c) That Tubbs is being too cautious.
(d) That Tubbs will sell good muskets on the black market.

2. What happens just after Ducos arrives in Spain?
(a) Marmont's army wins a crucial battle.
(b) Sharpe kills Marmont.
(c) Soult's army is destroyed.
(d) Marmont's army is destroyed.

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

4. Who is Mr. MacKeon?
(a) An Irish laborer.
(b) An Irish cook.
(c) A Scottish cook.
(d) A Scot laborer.

5. From what is Sharpe recovering?
(a) A bullet wound.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) A lack of sleep.
(d) Malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will the British soldiers' work in the Elysian fields be unmolested?

2. Who is MacKeon?

3. What does the narrator say in the introduction about the first version of "Sharpe's Skirmish"?

4. With what book was "Sharpe's Skirmish" supposed to be given away?

5. Through what town does Herault ride?

(see the answer key)

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