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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Sharpe arrived?

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

3. What does Sharpe doubt?

4. Who goes in search of the French?

5. Who is Arthur Wellesley?

(see the answer key)

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