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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. Who has accompanied Sharpe to the fort?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His wife.
(c) His light company.
(d) His nephew who wants to join the Army.

2. Who is Arthur Wellesley?
(a) The mayor of the town near the fort.
(b) Patrick Harper's good buddy.
(c) The commander responsible for capturing the fort.
(d) The commander who is disgraced when he fails to capture the fort several months ago.

3. What does the narrator say in the introduction about the first version of "Sharpe's Skirmish"?
(a) It had a number of inaccuracies.
(b) He does not say anything about a first version.
(c) It was quite superb for the amount of time spent on it.
(d) It was obvious that it was written in haste.

4. What does Sharpe have disposed of, found in the fort?
(a) Bad artillery rounds.
(b) Spoiled wheat.
(c) A few gallons of poison.
(d) The wine.

5. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?
(a) Several bottles of laudanum.
(b) 24 bottles of wine.
(c) Three bottles of whiskey.
(d) Three bottles of scotch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Sharpe arrived?

2. Why does Sharpe order this disposal?

3. In what country did Sharpe serve when he was younger?

4. What is Sharpe ordered to do at the fort?

5. With whom does Major Tubbs have to work?

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