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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forrest say he once suppressed in Chelmsford?
(a) A political demonstration.
(b) A Mayday riot.
(c) A food riot.
(d) A workers' strike.

2. Why does one of the soldiers say he deserted?
(a) To join the Spanish.
(b) To get drunk.
(c) To join the French.
(d) To go home.

3. What does Sharpe offer to Josefina?
(a) Wine.
(b) His jacket.
(c) Some money.
(d) His quarters.

4. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?
(a) Strip Sharpe of his rank.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Write to his powerful friends.
(d) Assassinate Wellesley.

5. Who interrupts Sharpe from his paperwork?
(a) Harper.
(b) Simmerson.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Gibbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe first tell about Berry's death?

2. What does Simmerson order his troops to do near the beginning of Chapter Twenty-three?

3. What does Simmerson think that people don't recognize about him?

4. Who goes with Sharpe and Hogan to help Josefina?

5. Why does Simmerson want to destroy the British forces apart from his own troops?

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