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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. What does Harper admit to Sharpe?
(a) He is getting married when he returns to England.
(b) He may not have smashed as much as the wine as Sharpe ordered.
(c) He is getting out of the Army as soon as Napoleon is defeated.
(d) He has always been in love with Teresa.

2. Who is Major Lucius Tubbs?
(a) He commands the 501 Artillery battalion.
(b) He is in charge of rating the muskets at the fort that were left by the French.
(c) He is Sharpe's immediate superior.
(d) He is the commander of San Miguel.

3. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?
(a) It is old and fragile.
(b) It is quite stalwart.
(c) It needs a few patches but is generally stout.
(d) It should be torn down.

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

5. Who goes in search of the French?
(a) Major Tubbs and some of his Battalion.
(b) Lieutenant Price and some of Sharpe's company.
(c) Some of the local militia.
(d) No one, since the French are quite far from the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Harper to do?

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

3. What does Sharpe have disposed of, found in the fort?

4. With whom does Major Tubbs have to work?

5. Who does Tubbs see riding towards the fort?

(see the answer key)

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