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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe and his group do when they go to Foulness?
(a) Take command.
(b) Slip into Simmerson's estate.
(c) Kill Girdwood.
(d) Kill Havercamp.

2. What happens when Marriott speaks up about the dog?
(a) He is dismissed from the service.
(b) He is beaten.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is given latrine duty for a month.

3. Where are they recruits finally led?
(a) To the docks at Dover.
(b) To a large island accessed by a single bridge.
(c) To the docks in Binghampton.
(d) To a military base near London.

4. What is Chelmsford?
(a) Where Patrick Harper was born.
(b) Where Sharpe is born.
(c) The depot of the second battalion.
(d) Where the last major battle of the Napoleonic War is fought.

5. Who is summoned to account for the missing battalion recruits?
(a) Harper.
(b) Lord Fenner.
(c) No one.
(d) Girdwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patrick Harper?

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

3. Who does Girdwood hate?

4. Who is Jane Gibbons?

5. What does Harper and Sharpe capture in the battle Sharpe is describing?

(see the answer key)

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