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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe think of the recent battle?
(a) It was essential to winning the war against Napoleon.
(b) It gives them a great advantage over the French.
(c) It is strategically insignificant and tactically pointless.
(d) Sharpe express no opinion about it.

2. How does Simmerson force Jane to work for him?
(a) He threatened her family.
(b) She owes him money.
(c) Beats her.
(d) He is blackmailing her.

3. What color are the books that have accounting in them for the recruiting scheme?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

4. What does Girdwood ban from the group hunting Harper?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Axes.
(c) Any weapon but sabers.
(d) Sabers.

5. What do Sharpe and his friends search?
(a) Girdwood's personal belongings.
(b) The woods around Foulness.
(c) The camp papers.
(d) Simmerson's estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What calms Fenner?

2. What does Sharpe notice about the enlistment process?

3. What does Nairn suggest that outrages Sharpe?

4. What kind of books does Sharpe look at from Simmerson's estate?

5. How does Jane respond to Sharpe's question?

(see the answer key)

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