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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 happens just before Sharpe's Regiment opens?
(a) Napoleon has surrendered.
(b) A combat encounter between the first battalion of the South Essex Regiment and French forces.
(c) Patrick Harper is gravely wounded.
(d) Sharpe is gravely wounded.

2. Who does Girdwood hate?
(a) The French.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Welsh.

3. What does the person that Maggie Joyce sends give Sharpe?
(a) A sword.
(b) A note from Lord Fenner.
(c) A pistol and a warning.
(d) Some money.

4. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?
(a) It will receive a unit citation.
(b) It is not combat effective.
(c) It needs to release about 10 percent of its men who have fulfilled their contract.
(d) It needs a rotation home.

5. Who is Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood?
(a) The second battalion's commander.
(b) The first battalion's commander.
(c) The aide de camp to Cornwallis.
(d) The aide de camp to Prince of Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Harper and Sharpe make their way through the countryside?

2. What is one thing the recruiter implies the army has?

3. Who is summoned to account for the missing battalion recruits?

4. Who is Lord Simon Fenner?

5. What is the play about that Sharpe and Harper attend?

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