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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?
(a) He reduces them to three simple rules.
(b) He gives his men a list of ten commands to learn and follow.
(c) He adheres to the book.
(d) He ignores them completely.

2. Where was Vivar when his wife died?
(a) In Britain.
(b) In France.
(c) In America.
(d) In Spain.

3. What do the lieutenant's clothes look like?
(a) Correct and proper.
(b) Tattered.
(c) They are covered in blood.
(d) Like an enlisted man's uniform.

4. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?
(a) Command of the riflemen.
(b) His extra uniforms.
(c) His horse.
(d) His sword to replace the one Sharpe broke.

5. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?
(a) He is taken prisoner.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?

2. For what does Vivar thank Harper?

3. What does Williams tell Sharpe is the background of many of the riflemen?

4. What do the riflemen do as the British retreat from the French?

5. Who, of the men chasing Vivar, knows the contents of the strongbox and where Vivar is going with it?

(see the answer key)

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