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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: pages 9-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Tubbs see riding towards the fort?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) A British Royal messenger.
(c) A scout for the Dutch troops.
(d) A Russian squad of artillerymen.

4. Who is nicknamed La Aguja?
(a) One of the men found hiding in the barn.
(b) The beautiful woman riding towards the fort.
(c) Sergeant Harper.
(d) A man Sharpe's company captures near the river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Sharpe's Skirmish" first written?

2. With whom does Major Tubbs have to work?

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

4. To what does Sharpe's men object until Sharpe gets near?

5. Who does Tubbs think are French soldiers?

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