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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sharpe and Teresa eat dinner?
(a) At the tavern.
(b) In the barracks.
(c) At her townhouse.
(d) A deserted house.

2. What makes the British tasks more difficult?
(a) Rocky ground.
(b) The thick trees.
(c) Constant rain and thick mud.
(d) The French running sorties.

3. How was the breach in the wall of Ciudad Rodrigo caused?
(a) Sappers digging under it.
(b) Cannon fire.
(c) Battering ram.
(d) Explosive charges laid on it.

4. Where did Leroy move during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

5. How much effort is needed for the forlorn hope to reach the base of the breach?
(a) Not much, it goes easily.
(b) The French hit them with a sortie.
(c) It was difficult but there were no casualties.
(d) Half of them are killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?

2. With whom has Sharpe begun a new romance in England?

3. Whose side of the war is Teresa helping?

4. In Chapter 8, what begins to arrive for the battalion?

5. What do Hogan and Sharpe first discuss when they meet in Chapter 1?

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