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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 Harper tell the men they cannot do unless ordered?
(a) Fire their guns.
(b) Charge.
(c) Fire their crossbows.
(d) Break rank.

2. What does Lieutenant Gibbons ask Sharpe to surrender to him?
(a) His gun.
(b) His medals.
(c) His sword.
(d) His horse.

3. What reason does Sharpe give the French officer for crossing the bridge?
(a) He was ordered to cross it.
(b) He gives no reason.
(c) They wanted to surprise the French.
(d) They followed the Spanish.

4. What is Knowles' rank in the army?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

5. What does Harper say to start the British charge?
(a) Victory.
(b) Forward.
(c) Charge.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forrest say he once suppressed in Chelmsford?

2. Who interrupts Sharpe's line of thinking in Chapter Seven?

3. Sharpe spends his time working on what before the flogging?

4. In which city did Josefina meet Gibbons?

5. What will be the deserter's punishment?

(see the answer key)

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