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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. What does the Comte de Maquerre do for France?
(a) He is a spy.
(b) He is in charge of the French forces.
(c) He is the prime minister.
(d) He is an admiral.

2. What does Colonel Elphinstone say about Sharpe due to the mission he is assigned?
(a) He is lucky.
(b) He will be promoted immediately.
(c) He is a sacrificial lamb.
(d) He is the best man for the job.

3. What is Sharpe ordered to do?
(a) Capture a fortress that is said to be ill-guarded.
(b) Assassinate the French general.
(c) Slip behind the French line and poison their water source.
(d) Take out a French man-of-war.

4. Who does the soldier at the gate think Harper is?
(a) A French scout.
(b) An American casualty.
(c) A French spy.
(d) An American civilian.

5. In this war between Napoleon and Europe with whom are the Americans allied?
(a) Russia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the commodore of the fort send his men?

2. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?

3. What did Killick do in Chapter One?

4. Why does Sharpe decline Patrick Harper's volunteering to join the unit?

5. Of what unit does Sharpe assume command?

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