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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) The French Guards.
(b) The Coldstone Guards.
(c) The 97th Riflemen.
(d) The South Essex Troops.

2. Why do Gibbons and Berry say they attacked Josephine?
(a) She owes them money.
(b) She swore at them.
(c) She is a spy.
(d) She stole from them.

3. Who does Simmerson think should have been given command of the British forces?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Himself.
(c) Hardy.
(d) His cousin.

4. What do Sharpe and his men now have the materials to do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Fix the bridge.
(b) Help the wounded.
(c) Set up camp.
(d) Defeat the French.

5. What will be the deserter's punishment?
(a) Prison.
(b) A court marshall.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chapter Thirteen take place?

2. What is Sharpe holding to Berry's neck at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

3. What eventually helps the French to advance on the British in this section?

4. What is the name of the French light infantry?

5. What reason does Sharpe give the French officer for crossing the bridge?

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