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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who summons Captain Sharpe in Chapter 1?
(a) Major Hogan.
(b) Colonel Johnson.
(c) Viscount Wellington.
(d) General Nairn.

2. What kind of evidence is around the town?
(a) Evidence of theft of British army material.
(b) Of destruction of many buildings.
(c) Evidence of starvation and lack of water.
(d) Evidence of murder, torture and mass rape.

3. What does Sharpe notice about the new weapons under his command?
(a) Their usefulness.
(b) Their expense.
(c) The way they will be slow to use.
(d) Their potential and limitations.

4. Who has sent the troop that Sharpe is told to command?
(a) King George.
(b) Viscount Wellington.
(c) The Prince Regent.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

5. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?
(a) He knows about it.
(b) She doesn't want him to know about it.
(c) He doesn't know about it.
(d) She is planning to tell him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pot-au-Fea so when Sharpe reaches the castle?

2. What does the rocket battalion have that Sharpe needs?

3. What religion is General Nairn?

4. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?

5. How would an artillery unit get to the castle?

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