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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 does Harper and Sharpe capture in the battle Sharpe is describing?
(a) A French Imperial Eagle.
(b) General Lafitte.
(c) Napoleon's nephew.
(d) The commander of the Dragoons.

2. What does one of the men following Sharpe tell him?
(a) That he was supposed to just follow Sharpe.
(b) The man refuses to talk.
(c) That he was hired by Sharpe's ex-wife to kill him.
(d) That he was hired by a soldier to kill Sharpe.

3. Why does Sharpe note about the medical certification of the recruits?
(a) It is not done by the recruiting doctor, but rather by his assistant.
(b) It is very rigorous.
(c) It is very lax.
(d) It is not done by a magistrate.

4. What does Sharpe do after leaving the state function?
(a) Meet up with Lt. Col. Girdwood.
(b) Start off to find the 2nd battalion.
(c) Have a sexual liaision with a beautiful woman.
(d) Go to sleep.

5. Who is Jane Gibbons?
(a) Harper's sister.
(b) A ward of the former commanding officer of the South Essex.
(c) Sharpe's sister.
(d) A camp follower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serves as a spy for Lord Fenner?

2. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

3. What is the play about that Sharpe and Harper attend?

4. What does Nairn think Sharpe should do?

5. What is Chelmsford?

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