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

2. What does Lawford offer to guarantee?
(a) Sharpe's disappearance.
(b) Sharpe's accidental death.
(c) Harper's death.
(d) Sharpe's silence.

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

4. What is the recruiter like who they encounter?
(a) Businesslike.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Boorish.
(d) Likeable and persuasive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe meet Jane Gibbons?

2. Who has Simmerson promised Jane's hand in marriage?

3. What does Jane recount to Sharpe about herself?

4. What does Sharpe give Maggie?

5. What does a day's worth of recruiting yield?

(see the answer key)

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