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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of troop is Sharpe put in command?
(a) An infantry regiment.
(b) Rocket artillery.
(c) A rifle company.
(d) The scouts and sharpshooters.

2. What does Nairn tell Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) That sergeant Hakeswill is in the area.
(b) About the capture of Andrados.
(c) That his brother has been killed.
(d) That Hogan has been taken capture.

3. What does Dubreton's wife say to her husband?
(a) Quotes poetry.
(b) Tells him she is being raped.
(c) Nothing she is not allowed to speak.
(d) Tells him she loves him.

4. What does Sharpe see in the convent?
(a) Dead women.
(b) Drunk men.
(c) Sleeping men.
(d) Debauchery and abuse of prisoners.

5. With whom is Spain at war during this novel?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?

2. Who has sent the troop that Sharpe is told to command?

3. What was left in the town of Andrados due to a provisioning error?

4. Who summons Captain Sharpe in Chapter 1?

5. What happens to Sharpe and his companions after they pledge to help each other?

(see the answer key)

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