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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hogan say the deserters gave Simmerson a reason to do?
(a) Flog innocent soldiers.
(b) Contact his cousin.
(c) Blow up the bridge.
(d) Frame Sharpe.

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

3. Simmerson tells Sharpe he comes from where?
(a) The orphanage.
(b) The gutter.
(c) The sewers.
(d) A common home.

4. What does Sharpe have to do to Berry and Gibbons to get the truth from them?
(a) Threaten them.
(b) Give them drink.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Plead with them.

5. What does Simmerson say will happen to sixty men at 6pm?
(a) They will be sent home.
(b) They will be shot.
(c) They will be sent out scouting.
(d) They will be flogged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lawford teach Sharpe?

2. What does Harper say to start the British charge?

3. What does Harper throw to Pendleton?

4. Who tells Sharpe he will ruin his career?

5. What is Captain Hogan's mission in this novel?

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