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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. Who does Maggie Joyce send after Sharpe?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A young girl.
(c) A bouncer.
(d) A young boy.

2. What happens just before Sharpe's Regiment opens?
(a) Sharpe is gravely wounded.
(b) Napoleon has surrendered.
(c) Patrick Harper is gravely wounded.
(d) A combat encounter between the first battalion of the South Essex Regiment and French forces.

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

4. To whom does Girdwood hand over the new recruits?
(a) Sergeant John Lynch.
(b) Sergeant Hooper.
(c) Sergeant Weller.
(d) He takes charge of them himself.

5. What does Sharpe decide to let his enemies think?
(a) That he has fled to the United States.
(b) That he has returned to France.
(c) That he is dead.
(d) He does not care what his enemies think.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

2. Whose numbers are seriously depleted after the conflict?

3. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?

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

5. What does Sharpe and the other recruits do for the next few days?

(see the answer key)

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