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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baird say will ensure Sharpe of advancement?
(a) Success on a mission Baird intends to send him on.
(b) Sticking out his job in the quartermaster corps.
(c) Accepting a position back in India.
(d) Helping Wellesley again in Tunisia.

2. Why does Willsen know the name of the young Captain who speaks to him, though they haven't met?
(a) The man is speaking Spanish.
(b) The man is speaking Italian.
(c) The man is speaking Russian.
(d) The man is speaking Danish.

3. What does Sharpe do after throwing the sand?
(a) Kills the snake.
(b) Flags the ship.
(c) Opens the chest and retrieves his weapons.
(d) Runs to the dunes.

4. Why does Willsen teach?
(a) He cannot support his family on his army pay alone.
(b) He does not teach; he is in the Army.
(c) He likes to show young men the correct way to fight with swords.
(d) He has been commanded to do so by his superior officer.

5. Who does Sharpe say he is seeking?
(a) The crime head of this section of the slums.
(b) His father.
(c) His former girlfriend.
(d) The Drummer boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willsen surprised to encounter Lavisser?

2. What does Sharpe buy from a sailor on the ship?

3. Where does Lavisser enter the carriage in which Sharpe and Baird are riding?

4. Why does Sharpe throw sand into Barker's eyes?

5. What does Lavisser tell Sharpe and Barker to do once that have made landfall?

(see the answer key)

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