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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal is the priest riding?
(a) A camel.
(b) A horse.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A donkey.

2. What is the name of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) The South London Regiment.
(b) The South Essex Regiment.
(c) The 62nd Battalion.
(d) The 95th Rifles.

3. Why does Harper go to the river in this section?
(a) To bathe.
(b) To swim.
(c) To wash his clothes.
(d) To fish.

4. What is Sharpe's rank at the beginning of the novel?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sergeant.

5. What does Sharpe order his soldiers to use as a target?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A fence post.
(c) Their stocks.
(d) Simmerson's tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sharpe's friends dies in Chapter Eight?

2. What is Leroy's rank in the army?

3. How do the Spanish provoke the French in this section?

4. What does Harper use to clean out Sharpe's wound?

5. In which country is the town of Abrantes ?

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