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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Sharpe's morale?
(a) He is despondent and sure the war is lost.
(b) Not the same as the others around him.
(c) About the same as the others around him.
(d) He is happy and completely optimistic not just about the war but about life in general.

2. Who is Lieutenant Colonel William Lawford?
(a) The commander of the 9th heavy artillery.
(b) Sharpe's brother-in-law.
(c) The commander of the Provosts.
(d) Sharpe's commander.

3. How does Teresa distract the Polish lancers?
(a) By stripping naked and running into the woods.
(b) By screaming.
(c) By yelling the slogan of the rebels.
(d) By throwing a spear at the lead man.

4. Who reminds the men of their own mortality?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Ramon.
(d) Sharpe.

5. How is the morale of the forces aligned against Napoleon?
(a) Angry.
(b) Low and feeling as though the war is lost.
(c) Elated.
(d) Cautiously optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Major Kearsey?

2. How is the fighting between the Spanish peasants and the French?

3. What is the South Essex Regiment of riflemen?

4. Who is Michael Hogan?

5. Where do Harper and Sharpe go to rescue Kearsey?

(see the answer key)

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