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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harper tell Sharpe about the Spanish volunteers?
(a) They will never be able to fight like soldiers.
(b) They won't be ready for another week.
(c) There are not enough of them.
(d) They are ready to go.

2. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?
(a) Gets drunk.
(b) Burns some crates.
(c) Steals food in his field pack.
(d) Takes rifle ammunition out of a crate.

3. Who recognizes Sharpe when he enters the palace?
(a) Captain Bouises.
(b) The Count of Mouromorto.
(c) Colonel de l'Eclin.
(d) Major Phillipe de Courseli.

4. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Go to Lisbon.
(b) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.
(c) Go to Madrid.
(d) Stay at the village.

5. What does Sharpe tell Harper to have the riflemen do after Vivar enters the town?
(a) Follow the volunteers.
(b) Keep the riflemen out of the town.
(c) Burn the city gate.
(d) Head to the palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the troops march?

2. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?

3. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?

4. In the prologue, where have Vivar and his men taken refuge?

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

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