2. What do Sharpe and his men now have the materials to do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Defeat the French.
(b) Fix the bridge.
(c) Help the wounded.
(d) Set up camp.

3. Tthe French eagles are mounted on top of what?
(a) Tents.
(b) Totems.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Poles.

4. What does Simmerson challenge Sharpe to train his troops to do?
(a) Shoot three rounds a minute.
(b) Tailor their own uniforms.
(c) Run a four minute mile.
(d) Speak Spanish in two weeks.

5. Who interrupts Sharpe's line of thinking in Chapter Seven?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Simmmerson.
(c) Pendleton.
(d) Harper.

6. What do Sharpe and his men capture from the French in Chapter Nine?
(a) A tent.
(b) A flag.
(c) A tank.
(d) A cannon.

7. How do the Spanish provoke the French in this section?
(a) They fire at them.
(b) They charge at them.
(c) They give them the finger.
(d) They call them names.

8. What is Leroy's rank in the army?
(a) General.
(b) Major.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant.

9. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) The Coldstone Guards.
(b) The French Guards.
(c) The South Essex Troops.
(d) The 97th Riflemen.

10. To whom is Sharpe talking at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) Forrest.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Harper.

11. What does Sharpe order his soldiers to use as a target?
(a) Their stocks.
(b) Simmerson's tent.
(c) A fence post.
(d) An oak tree.

12. What reason does Sharpe give the French officer for crossing the bridge?
(a) They followed the Spanish.
(b) He gives no reason.
(c) He was ordered to cross it.
(d) They wanted to surprise the French.

13. Where are the official army headquarters?
(a) Albert Hall.
(b) Fleet Street.
(c) St Paul's.
(d) Whitehall.

14. What kind of noise interrupts Sharpe's conversation?
(a) A woman's scream.
(b) A banshee's howl.
(c) A baby's cry
(d) A man's scream..

15. What does Harper tell the men they cannot do unless ordered?
(a) Charge.
(b) Fire their guns.
(c) Break rank.
(d) Fire their crossbows.