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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. To what does Sharpe's men object until Sharpe gets near?
(a) Breaking bottles of good wine.
(b) Following orders from Harper.
(c) Following orders from Tubbs.
(d) Testing live artillery pieces.

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

3. What does Sharpe doubt?
(a) That Tubbs is competent.
(b) That Harper is competent.
(c) That his wife will be happy staying at the fort.
(d) That there are any French soldiers in the area.

4. Why does Sharpe order this disposal?
(a) Because the war has not yet been won.
(b) Because he does not believe in poisoning wells as a tactic of war.
(c) Because he is afraid the men will get ill with moldy wheat.
(d) He is afraid to use the rounds in case they explode inside the cannon barrels.

5. What does Price say about Teresa?
(a) She is 100 percent loyal to Sharpe.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She is a hot-blooded Spanish lady and Hicky may lose something valuable.
(d) She is worth staring at.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is nicknamed La Aguja?

2. Where was Sharpe first to cross a wall according to one of the men who are sitting with Sharpe and Teresa?

3. What does Harper insist about his men?

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

5. Who does Sharp yell at for staring at his wife?

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