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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the last time Carline saw Lt. Col. Girdwood?
(a) Two weeks ago.
(b) Three days ago.
(c) Many months ago.
(d) About a year.

3. Where does Harper go after the play?
(a) To London.
(b) With Sharpe to start investigating the missing 2nd battalion.
(c) An inn for many rounds of free drinks and soldier's bragging.
(d) Home with his wife.

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

5. Who are Weller and Marriott?
(a) Two men who sign up at the same time as Sharpe and Harper.
(b) The Lord and his son over that village.
(c) The Lord and his chatelaine over that village.
(d) The other 2 recruiters with whom Sharpe's group meets up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been happening to the men who have been recruited for the second battalion?

2. Why do Girdwood and Simmerson make such an effort to find escaped recruits?

3. What happens when Marriott speaks up about the dog?

4. What do Sharpe and Jane do?

5. What battle is Sharpe asked to describe?

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