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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. From where is the recruiter reimbursed for the costs of the drinks he buys potential recruits?
(a) Lord Fenner.
(b) A special recruiting fund.
(c) He takes it out of his own pocket.
(d) The recruits' enlistment bonus payments.

2. Whose estate do the recruits pass?
(a) Sir Walter Weston.
(b) Sir Lord Nelson.
(c) None.
(d) Sir Henry Simmerson.

3. What is Chelmsford?
(a) The depot of the second battalion.
(b) Where Patrick Harper was born.
(c) Where the last major battle of the Napoleonic War is fought.
(d) Where Sharpe is born.

4. What did the owner of the bar teach Sharpe?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to play whist.
(c) How to spot a card cheat.
(d) How to survive on the streets.

5. How do Harper and Sharpe make their way through the countryside?
(a) Poaching and doing odd jobs.
(b) On money from their prize catch.
(c) Borrowing from a governement secret agent.
(d) Incognito as nobles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper and Sharpe deposit with official agents?

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

3. With whom does Sharpe have a discussion about his regiment?

4. What happens just before Sharpe's Regiment opens?

5. What does Lynch do to Weller's dog?

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