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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sharpe decline Patrick Harper's volunteering to join the unit?
(a) He does not have the authority.
(b) Harper is not an infantryman.
(c) Harper has a contagious fever.
(d) He doesn't like Harper.

2. Why isn't Richard Sharpe's rank confirmed?
(a) It is in dispute.
(b) It hasn't reached the proper channels.
(c) He was drunk on duty.
(d) He doesn't want promoted.

3. What is Sharpe ordered to do?
(a) Slip behind the French line and poison their water source.
(b) Assassinate the French general.
(c) Take out a French man-of-war.
(d) Capture a fortress that is said to be ill-guarded.

4. Why has Wigram attached another man to Sharpe's forces?
(a) He knows the area well.
(b) He has medical skills.
(c) To force the issue of a march on Bordeaux.
(d) To keep tabs on Sharpe.

5. In what state are Napoleon's troops at the beginning of this book?
(a) Unbalanced.
(b) Firm and steady.
(c) Dug in.
(d) Scattered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe do as he is told?

2. Into what territory have the British forces pushed after conquering the peninsula in question #3?

3. How do Sharpe and Frederickson feel about each other?

4. With what is Jane ill when Sharpe leaves on his mission?

5. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?

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