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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does British intelligence do to the Comte de Maquerre?
(a) Arrest him.
(b) Manipulate him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Send him to London.

2. On whom's ship is Sharpe called to plan his mission?
(a) Wagner's.
(b) Lincoln's.
(c) Bampfylde's.
(d) Strigthens'.

3. Why does Sharpe decline Patrick Harper's volunteering to join the unit?
(a) Harper is not an infantryman.
(b) He doesn't like Harper.
(c) Harper has a contagious fever.
(d) He does not have the authority.

4. Why can't the Marines do the mission Sharpe is assigned?
(a) The Marines are sick with fever.
(b) The Marines are back on the peninsula.
(c) The Marines are going elsewhere.
(d) There are no Marines in the area.

5. How does the Commodore try to figure out what the British are going to do?
(a) Thinks about what he would do in their situation.
(b) Sends a spy to the British lines.
(c) Gathers local information.
(d) He doesn't he just waits for whatever happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what unit does Sharpe assume command?

2. How experienced are the men in Sharpe's new command?

3. What does the Comte de Maquerre do for France?

4. What type of work does Cornelius Killick do?

5. Why does Sharpe fear for his troops?

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