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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. Who is MacKeon?
(a) Teresa's second in command.
(b) A soldier who knew Sharpe in Campbell's 96th.
(c) A rebel in the Spanish forces.
(d) Ducos' second in command.

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

3. Why is Ducos' opinion important?
(a) He is quite wealthy.
(b) He is influential with the common French people.
(c) He has Napoleon's ear.
(d) His father is Napoleon's cousin.

4. What does Sharpe say he did not see?
(a) Any strange uniforms.
(b) Correct military procedures by Tubbs and his men.
(c) A way to defend the fort if the French return.
(d) Correct military protocal by the local militia.

5. Who is Lieutenant Price?
(a) An officer under Major Tubbs' command.
(b) A British officer turned traitor.
(c) A corrupt commisary officer.
(d) An officer under Sharpe's command.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Tubbs take possession?

2. What does the narrator say in the introduction about the first version of "Sharpe's Skirmish"?

3. Who goes in search of the French?

4. What will add a page to Soult's page of glory?

5. How does Sharpe know La Aguja?

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