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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?
(a) To greet the Prince of Wales.
(b) To acknowledge Sharpe and Harper's attendance.
(c) To greet the Prince of Orange.
(d) To pay homage to the king, who has made an appearance.

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

3. In what are the men on the island initially drilled?
(a) Rifles and bayonets.
(b) Sapper work.
(c) Parade and marching.
(d) Artillery.

4. What does Girdwood ban from the group hunting Harper?
(a) Sabers.
(b) Any weapon but sabers.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Axes.

5. What is the Prince Regent expected to do in a few days' time?
(a) Make a proclamation about the end of involuntary conscription.
(b) Open his new palace for viewing.
(c) Announce the birth of his first child.
(d) Review a grand scale reenactment of the battle of Vitoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Dick Vaughn and Paddy O'Keefe?

2. What does Sharpe and his group do when they go to Foulness?

3. Where does Harper and Sharpe go?

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

5. Why is Anne deeply in debt?

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