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

2. Where has Sharpe arrived?
(a) Santos Marios.
(b) Santos Juanita.
(c) San Juan.
(d) San Miguel.

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

4. What is Sharpe ordered to do at the fort?
(a) Interrogate the French soldiers taken prisoner.
(b) Guard Major Tubbs and Tubbs' men.
(c) Destroy anything that would be of use to the French if they return.
(d) Dig entrenchments.

5. What motivated Teresa to becomes a soldier?
(a) The French killed her young son.
(b) The French captured her father and brothers and they are in prison.
(c) The French killed her family.
(d) Because the French will not allow Spain to be independent even if Spain fights for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Teresa say she fights?

2. Why does Sharpe have his men marching on recon?

3. Who is Lieutenant Price?

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

5. How does Sharpe know La Aguja?

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