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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. Who is Sergeant Horatio Havercamp?
(a) Sharpe's best friend from when he was young.
(b) The second battalion's recruiter.
(c) One of the enlisted men at the train station.
(d) Patrick Harper's best friend.

2. Who is Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood?
(a) The aide de camp to Prince of Orange.
(b) The aide de camp to Cornwallis.
(c) The second battalion's commander.
(d) The first battalion's commander.

3. What seems likely about Sharpe and Jane?
(a) They are like oil and water.
(b) They come from similar backgrounds.
(c) They have been lovers.
(d) They feel strong affection for each other.

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

5. What does Jane say she will leave in the boathouse?
(a) Food and money.
(b) A gun.
(c) A map.
(d) Her uncle's account books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Girdwood decide to do about Harper?

2. What does Harper do?

3. Who does Girdwood hate?

4. In what are the men on the island initially drilled?

5. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

(see the answer key)

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