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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality is Harper?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) British.

2. What has stalled Sharpe's promotion?
(a) Paperwork and irregularities.
(b) His lack of funds.
(c) His marriage to a foreign national.
(d) A general who hates him.

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

4. What do Colonel Lawford and Sharpe discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) The plans for the assault.
(b) Superstitions that soldiers hold.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their marriages.

5. Why are Sharpe and Harper happy about what their company will be doing in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo?
(a) They won't be in the first assault wave.
(b) The company will be held in reserve.
(c) They are taking the west wall, the lowest part of the wall.
(d) They will get to go first.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Sharpe has seen Teresa?

2. In what kind of physical condition is Sharpe?

3. What type of position does Sharpe's company assume?

4. Where are the French guns located by the breach?

5. How was the breach in the wall of Ciudad Rodrigo caused?

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