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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about Chelmsford?
(a) It is deserted.
(b) It is all on fire.
(c) It is packed with hundreds of recruits.
(d) It is celebrating the end of the war a little prematurely.

2. Who is Patrick Harper?
(a) Colonel Nairn's liaision to the 3rd Regiment.
(b) Sharpe's Sergeant Major.
(c) An Irishman who is charged with treason.
(d) The Sergeant who dies in Sharpe's arms in the last conflict.

3. How is Sharpe when he leaves Maggie Joyce?
(a) Sick.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Wound up.

4. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?
(a) It will receive a unit citation.
(b) It needs a rotation home.
(c) It is not combat effective.
(d) It needs to release about 10 percent of its men who have fulfilled their contract.

5. With whom does Sharpe have a discussion about his regiment?
(a) A prisoner named General Lafitte.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Lord Cornwallis.
(d) Colonel Nairn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?

2. What does Sharpe think of the recent battle?

3. How do Harper and Sharpe make their way through the countryside?

4. What does the person who is asked about the second battalion say?

5. How many of the second battalion does Sharpe find?

(see the answer key)

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