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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do for a diversion?
(a) Gets the men to line up in attack formation.
(b) Kidnaps Jane.
(c) Starts a huge fire.
(d) Shoots out the windows of Girdwood's home.

2. Who is Patrick Harper?
(a) The Sergeant who dies in Sharpe's arms in the last conflict.
(b) Colonel Nairn's liaision to the 3rd Regiment.
(c) Sharpe's Sergeant Major.
(d) An Irishman who is charged with treason.

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

4. Who does Girdwood hate?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The Welsh.
(d) The French.

5. What do Sharpe and Jane do?
(a) They plan an escape.
(b) Nothing since she runs away.
(c) Have a private conversation.
(d) They talk after Sharpe stops her from screaming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe observe while he is off the island?

3. To whom does Girdwood hand over the new recruits?

4. Where does Harper and Sharpe go?

5. What does Sharpe ask Jane before they part?

(see the answer key)

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