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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Ayres do?
(a) Shoots at Sharpe from behind a barndoor.
(b) Catches one of Sharpe's men with a chicken.
(c) Kills one of Sharpe's men.
(d) Argues with Sharpe about the war.

2. Why does Sharpe have suspicions about Kearsey?
(a) He has a strange accent.
(b) Because of Hogan.
(c) He seems shifty.
(d) He changes his story several times.

3. Who is Batten?
(a) The mayor of the town the regiment is marching through.
(b) A good friend of Lieutenant Ayres.
(c) A friend of Sharpe's who arrives to give Sharpe new orders.
(d) The man Ayres catches.

4. Why does Sharpe have his men make as much noise as possible?
(a) To alert the Portuguese.
(b) To scare the partisians.
(c) To startle the French.
(d) To alert Kearsey.

5. Who are Robert Knowles and Patrick Harper?
(a) The two best spies in the British army.
(b) Two soldiers who have gone awol.
(c) Two men who are double agents.
(d) Two men discussing Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the South Essex Regiment of riflemen?

2. Who are the only Spanish people fighting the war?

3. Who does the South Essex Regiment encounter?

4. What is Harper's rank?

5. What does Sharpe order his company to do after firing once?

(see the answer key)

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