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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Sergeant Green.
(c) Captain Morris.
(d) Lieutenant Lawford.

2. Why do the officers Sharpe will be a convincing deserter?
(a) He comes from the lower class.
(b) He has a scar on his face.
(c) He is Irish.
(d) He has flogging wounds.

3. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?
(a) When caught in the act of rape.
(b) When the superior is issuing an illegal order.
(c) None.
(d) When hit first.

4. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?
(a) There are lots of civilians.
(b) It is quite noisy.
(c) It is highly fortified.
(d) It is almost deserted of soldiers.

5. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Private.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many strokes did Sharpe get before the flogging was stopped?

2. Why does Hakeswill leave Sharpe?

3. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?

4. To what is Sharpe sentenced at his court-martial?

5. To where is the British army moving?

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