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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 did the owner of the bar teach Sharpe?
(a) How to play whist.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to survive on the streets.
(d) How to spot a card cheat.

2. What does Lynch do to Weller's dog?
(a) Crushes it with his boot.
(b) Feeds it scraps.
(c) Throws it into the water to drown.
(d) Makes it leave the island.

3. What battle is Sharpe asked to describe?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Freire's Bridge.
(d) Vitoria.

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

5. What does Nairn suggest that outrages Sharpe?
(a) That Sharpe become a spy in Paris.
(b) That Sharpe's men be given early releases and the unit disbanded.
(c) That the men of the first battalion be dispersed.
(d) That Sharpe's men were playing it safe in the last battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?

2. What does Sharpe do after leaving the state function?

3. Who are Dick Vaughn and Paddy O'Keefe?

4. From where is the recruiter reimbursed for the costs of the drinks he buys potential recruits?

5. With whom does Sharpe have a discussion about his regiment?

(see the answer key)

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