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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 28-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what is Sharpe recovering?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) A bullet wound.
(c) Malaria.
(d) A lack of sleep.

2. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Laudenum.
(d) Wine.

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

4. What will the rest of Herault's men do?
(a) Divide up and go through three different mountain passes.
(b) Hold the bridge at Santos Carmo.
(c) Hold the bridge at San Miguel de Tormes.
(d) Wait in reserve where they are presently located.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that makes Tubbs happy about their arrival at this fort?

2. Who does Ducos ask for help?

3. How many men does Soult send North?

4. Who is Arthur Wellesley?

5. Where does Herault think the biggest danger to his men lies?

(see the answer key)

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