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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. Of what does Tubbs take possession?
(a) The French prisoners.
(b) The muskets.
(c) The French camp followers.
(d) The wine.

2. What does Sharpe think is almost impossible?
(a) The French could reach the fort.
(b) The Spanish regulars would attack their own fortress.
(c) The French could still be in Spain.
(d) The English could march from Brest to there in two days.

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

4. What is Major Ducos' position?
(a) A functionary for the Emperor.
(b) Advisor to Cornwallis.
(c) Commander of the Dragoons.
(d) The man in charge of logistics for Tubb's battalion.

5. When was "Sharpe's Skirmish" first written?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2008.
(d) 1898.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what is Sharpe recovering?

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

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

4. What is the main obstacle of Soult's forces that are traveling North?

5. What does Sharpe doubt?

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