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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 do they do with Harper after he pulls his tooth?
(a) Make him lie down.
(b) Put him on a stretcher.
(c) Put him in a hand cart.
(d) Give him whiskey to drink.

2. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?
(a) Smithfield.
(b) Harper.
(c) Bampfylde.
(d) Lassan.

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

4. Who lands as the Marines march away?
(a) No one.
(b) Winger's calvery.
(c) The infantry under Duley.
(d) Sharpe's companies.

5. What does Sharpe think about Harper's story?
(a) It is a serious breach of military regulations.
(b) It is funny.
(c) It is ridiculous.
(d) It is quite a coincidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do when they approach the fort with Harper?

2. Where does Sharpe's force land for the first part of their mission?

3. What do Sharpe's superiors do to free him to lead the invasion force?

4. Why do the British troops stop at the river?

5. What does British intelligence do to the Comte de Maquerre?

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