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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Sharpe's friends dies in Chapter Eight?
(a) General Hogan.
(b) Sergeant Harper.
(c) Sir Arthur Wellesey
(d) Captain Lennox.

2. What is the name of the Spanish forces?
(a) The Regimientia de Barcelona.
(b) The Regimientia de Sevilla.
(c) The Regimientia de Santa Maria.
(d) The Regimientia de Madrid.

3. Who has placed Hogan and Sharpe under arrest?
(a) Lieutenant Gibbons.
(b) Arthur Wellesey.
(c) Napolean.
(d) Colonel Simmerson.

4. How does the author describe the priest's Spanish?
(a) Fluent.
(b) Awful.
(c) Passable.
(d) Basic.

5. What does Harper use to clean out Sharpe's wound?
(a) Flies.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Worms.
(d) Caterpillars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Spanish march over the bridge?

2. How does Sharpe help the woman?

3. How is Gibbons related to Simmerson?

4. In which country is the town of Abrantes ?

5. What is Sharpe's rank at the beginning of the novel?

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