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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baird say will ensure Sharpe of advancement?
(a) Sticking out his job in the quartermaster corps.
(b) Success on a mission Baird intends to send him on.
(c) Helping Wellesley again in Tunisia.
(d) Accepting a position back in India.

2. Why does Willsen teach?
(a) He does not teach; he is in the Army.
(b) He likes to show young men the correct way to fight with swords.
(c) He cannot support his family on his army pay alone.
(d) He has been commanded to do so by his superior officer.

3. Who does Hocking think Sharpe is?
(a) A Scotland Yard undercover agent.
(b) An agent of the Crown.
(c) A man named Dunnett.
(d) A common footpad.

4. What does Sharpe realize about Lavisser?
(a) Lavisser does not know that Barker is the traitor.
(b) Lavisser is a French agent.
(c) Lavisser is being duped by the Danes.
(d) Lavisser intended to kill Sharpe all along.

5. Who is Ole Skovaard?
(a) The leader of the Danish cavalry that is hunting Sharpe.
(b) The farmer who treats Sharpe's wounds.
(c) The sailor who gives Sharpe a ride across the harbor.
(d) The name on the paper Pumphrey gives Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baird advise Sharpe to do on his next assignment?

2. Why does Sharpe throw sand into Barker's eyes?

3. Why does Willsen know the name of the young Captain who speaks to him, though they haven't met?

4. What does Pumphrey give Sharpe?

5. What does Sharpe first demand of Hocking before slashing his face?

(see the answer key)

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